To show or not to show french accents

Good morning, The following haskell program : --<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< module Main where accentLetters :: String accentLetters = "éàô" main :: IO () main = do putStr (show accentLetters) -->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after being compiled will give the result : "\233\224\244" But, exactly the same program, without the "show" function will give the result: éàô Is there some way to have "show" show all the printable characters, even those represented by a value greater than the US-ASCII 7 bits (127) ? Thank you Francis Girard LE CONQUET France