Victor Hugo

Le roi s'amuse, best translated as ‘The King Amuses Himself’, is a play in five acts. It is set in Paris in the 1520s and the plot was used for Verdi's 1851 opera Rigoletto. The main person of the play is Triboulet, a witty court jester, through whose words Hugo frequently attacks contemporary society.

Les Misérables is een sociale roman van Victor Hugo uit 1862. Hugo had vanaf 1842 aan het boek gewerkt.