The great French writer Victor Hugo said at the funeral of his friend on 20 August 1850, “Balzac was one of that powerful generation of writers of the XIX century who came after Napoleon...” Victor Hugo was also one of that powerful generation of writers of the XIX-century French literature who came after Napoleon. In a speech to mark the centenary of Voltaire’s death in 1878, Victor Hugo said: “He was not just a person. He was a century.” The same words can be attributed to Victor Hugo as well. Asgar ZEYNALOV