Cosette, by learning that she was beautiful, lost the grace of not knowing it; an exquisite grace, for beauty heightened by artlessness is ineffable, and nothing is so adorable as dazzling innocence, going on her way, and holding in her hand, all unconsciousness, the key of a paradise.
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About Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo was a 19th-century French writer and politician. Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo was a French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Beauty — Appreciating aesthetics, grace, and the sublime