French author Victor Hugo was born on this day in 1802. The author of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Les Miserables."By the time he died in 1885, at the age of 82, he was a national hero; journalists recorded everything he said on his deathbed, and 2 million mourners watched his funeral procession go by.
Les Miserables is beautifully written, but the slowest plot I have ever encountered.