Hauteville House
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Hauteville House is a home and currently a Victor Hugo museum, located at 38 rue Hauteville in St Peter Port in Guernsey.
Victor Hugo bought this house on May 16, 1856 so as not to be expelled by the Guernesiaise law prohibiting the deporting of people with properties on the island. Built around 1800 by an English privateer, the house belonged to one William Ozanne, but having the reputation of being haunted by the spirit of a woman who had committed suicide, and was unoccupied for several years. It was transformed, built, furnished and decorated over time by the writer who lived in exile from 1856 to 1870 and has returned during the summer of 1878.
It consists of 4 levels dominated the third floor by a lookout or crystal room where we discovered the port of Saint-Pierre-Port. The garden against ground-planted with trees and flowers growing in abundance due to the mild climate.
This house was acquired by Victor Hugo with the initial success of the publication of Contemplations.
As a result of a donation by the descendants, the house has been owned by the mayor of Paris since March 1927; the house and garden are open to visitors.
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