Paul Meurice 
Letters of Victor Hugo [PDF ebook] 
From Exile, and After the Fall of the Empire

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I AM writing to you, mademoiselle, from Mont Saint Michel, which is really the most beautiful Spot in the world, next to Bievre, of course. Les Roches is lovely and charming; a great advantage it possesses over the forbidding mass of dungeons, towers, and rocks which bears the name of Mont saint-michel. It would not be easy to write from a more awe inspiring place to a more delightful one. At this moment I am hemmed in by the sea which surrounds the mount. It must be horrible in winter, with its hurricanes, tempests, and shipwrecks. It is grand, all the same.