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Choses Vues ("Things Seen") is a collection of notes and memoirs by Victor Hugo, published posthumously in two series, in 1887 and 1900.

In this collection, Hugo relates the events that occurred during his existence, for example the death of Talleyrand, the return of the ashes of Napoleon, the Gouhenans mines corruption affair, the flight of Louis-Philippe after the revolution of 1848, the fall of Napoleon III, and the advent of the Third Republic.