Victor Hugo
A French author.
Les Miserables
Jean Valjean sentenced to five years for stealing bread and nineteen for escaping. released and becomes Monsieur Madeleine but sent back to prison by Javert. befriends Fantine and rescues her daughter Cosette
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Paris: gypsy dancer Esmeralda loves Captain Phoebus. evil archdeacon Claude Frollo denounces Esmeralda as a witch. deformed bell ringer Quasimodo saves Esmeralda but she is later executed and he kills Claude