Adèle Foucher sibling Paul Foucher
Early life
Adèle Foucher was born in Paris, the daughter of Pierre Foucher, a friend of Victor Hugo's parents. Adèle's brother, Paul Foucher, assisted Hugo by posing as the author of Hugo's play Amy Robsart, which was never published. Paul later produced a successful stage adaptation of Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris.
During their courtship, Hugo wrote about 200 love letters to Adèle, most of which have been published. The couple married in a Catholic ceremony on 12 October 1822. Victor's brother, Eugène Hugo, also loved Adèle, and had a mental breakdown when she married Victor.Adèle and Victor's first child, Léopold, was born in 1823, but died in infancy. Next came a daughter, Léopoldine, born in 1824. Léopoldine's death in 1843, shortly after her marriage, would cause great distress to her parents, and inspired many of her father's poems, especially those in Contemplations.Another son, Charles, was born in 1826, followed by François-Victor in 1828, and another daughter, Adèle Hugo, in 1830. By this time Hugo had made his reputation as a poet and novelist. It was shortly after her youngest child's birth that Adèle ceased to have sexual relations with her husband. She then began her affair with Hugo's friend Sainte-Beuve, which lasted until around 1837.
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