CHAPTER VI

Victor Hugo--His birth--His mother--Les Chassebœuf and les Cornet--Captain Hugo--The signification of his name--Victor's godfather--The Hugo family in Corsica--M. Hugo is called to Naples by Joseph Bonaparte--He is appointed colonel and governor of the province of Avellino--Recollections of the poet's early childhood--Fra Diavolo--Joseph, King of Spain--Colonel Hugo is made a general, count, marquis and major-domo--The Archbishop of Tarragona--Madame Hugo and her children in Paris--The convent of Feuillantines.