The reinvention of love
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When Charles Sainte-Beuve, an ambitious French journalist, meets Victor Hugo, a young writer on the verge of fame, he finds himself helplessly attracted to Hugo's long-suffering wife, Adèle. The two lovers begin an affair that lasts over thirty years and …
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When Charles Sainte-Beuve, an ambitious French journalist, meets Victor Hugo, a young writer on the verge of fame, he finds himself helplessly attracted to Hugo's long-suffering wife, Adèle. The two lovers begin an affair that lasts over thirty years and sparks a scandal in Paris.
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