With no explanation, label text_A→text_B with either "DON'T KNOW", "NO" or "YES".
text_A: This might partly explain why in spite of his deep interest and involvement in political matters he remained silent on the Algerian issue. He knew about the atrocities committed by the French Army during the French conquest of Algeria as evidenced by his diary and some public statements; however, among his works of fiction, it was only in "Les Misérables", that Hugo wrote of such affairs, with: "Algeria too harshly conquered, and, as in the case of India by the English, with more barbarism than civilization".
text_B: Would someone whose only exposure to Victor Hugo came from newspaper reports and from an intense reading of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" be able to figure out how the author felt about French colonization in North Africa?
YES.