This author described the fictional Marquis de Lantenac's revolt against the Republic during the Chouannerie in his last novel Ninety-Three.
This author described the fictional Marquis de Lantenac's revolt against the Republic during the Chouannerie in his last novel Ninety-Three. A character created by this author rescues Ebenezer Caudray from a rock, which he later resigns himself to drown on after learning of Caudray's interest in his lover. This author's anti-guillotine stance compelled him to write the short novel The Last Day of a Condemned Man. In one of this author's novels, Sieur Clubin attempts to abscond with his employer's lost money and drowns when he is attacked by a large octopus, which later has its eyes gouged out by the lover of Deruchette, the Guernseyman (*) Gilliat. A character created by this author is loved by the poet Pierre Gringoire and is hanged after taking the fall for the attempted murder of Captain Phoebus, who was actually stabbed by the villainous Claude Frollo. For 10 points, name this author of The Toilers of the Sea and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
This author described the fictional Marquis de Lantenac's revolt against the Republic during the Chouannerie in his last novel Ninety-Three.
Victor Hugo