▁its ▁apparent ▁sympathy ▁with ▁the ▁revolution aries . ▁L . ▁G auth ier ▁wrote ▁in ▁Le ▁Monde ▁of ▁ 1 7 ▁August ▁ 1 8 6 2 : ▁" One ▁cannot ▁read ▁without ▁an ▁un con quer able ▁dis g ust ▁all ▁the ▁details ▁Monsieur ▁Hugo ▁gives ▁regarding ▁the ▁successful ▁planning ▁of ▁ri ots ." ▁The ▁Gon court ▁brothers ▁jud ged ▁the ▁novel ▁artificial ▁and ▁disappoint ing . ▁F la ub ert ▁found ▁" ne ither ▁truth ▁nor ▁great ness " ▁in ▁it . ▁He ▁compla ined ▁that ▁the ▁characters ▁were ▁cru de ▁s tere ot ypes ▁who ▁all ▁" spe ak ▁very ▁well ▁– ▁but ▁all ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁way ". ▁He ▁de emed ▁it ▁an ▁" inf ant ile " ▁effort ▁and ▁brought ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁Hugo ' s ▁career ▁like ▁" the ▁fall ▁of ▁a ▁god ". ▁In ▁a ▁newspaper ▁review , ▁Charles ▁Baud ela ire ▁pra ised ▁Hugo ' s ▁success ▁in ▁foc using ▁public ▁attention ▁on ▁social ▁problems , ▁though ▁he ▁believed ▁that ▁such ▁propag anda ▁was ▁the ▁opposite ▁of ▁art . ▁In ▁private ▁he ▁cast ig ated ▁it ▁as ▁" rep uls ive ▁and ▁in e pt " ▁(" im mon de ▁et ▁in ep te "). ▁The ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁placed ▁it ▁on ▁the ▁Index ▁Lib ror um ▁Pro hib itor um . ▁ ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁a ▁commercial ▁success ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁popular ▁book ▁ever ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁published . ▁Trans l ated ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁it ▁appeared ▁into ▁several ▁foreign ▁languages , ▁including ▁Italian