Who is Victor Hugo

1.) Hugo's father was an officer in Napoleon's army.

2.) Hugo married his wife Adèle Foucher in 1822. His brother, who had mental problems, was secretly in love with her and he lost his mind on their wedding day.

3.) When Hugo died in Paris on May 22, 1885, he was buried at the Panthéon and given a national funeral that was attended by 2 million people

Les Miserables

Les Miserables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime"', and assassination for a few sous is all in a day's work. We weep with the unlucky and heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades: but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert.