A novel by this author ends with two skeletons crumbling to dust.
The ballet Giselle was partly based on this author's poem "Fantomes"; this author's works also inspired the operas La Gioconda and Rigoletto. A novel by this author ends with two skeletons crumbling to dust. This author wrote a novel that begins with the life history of a bishop and has several chapters describing a sewer system. One of his characters saves a (*) Gypsy girl from hanging and secludes himself in a cathedral. This author fictionalized the 1832 June Rebellion, which kills Gavroche and Eponine on the barricades, in a novel about Jean Valjean. For 10 points, name this author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables.
The ballet Giselle was partly based on this author's poem "Fantomes"; this author's works also inspired the operas La Gioconda and Rigoletto.
Victor Hugo