La Legende des Siecles: in the original French

Classic book-length poem, originally published in 1859. The poem is in French; the preface is in English. According to Wikipedia: "La Légende des siècles is a collection of poems by Victor Hugo, conceived as an immense depiction of the history and evolution of humanity. Written intermittently between 1855 and 1876, while the exiled Victor Hugo worked on numerous other projects, the poems were published in three series in 1859, 1877, and 1883. Bearing witness to an unparalleled poetic talent...