390 Victor Hugo
The History of Literature
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Hugo and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, at Le Miserable
There's a story that victor hugo wrote while naked. But i think ha t was actually based on some misreadings of a letter he wrote. He mentioned that he was so devoted to in the hunchback of noter dame that he wanted to remove temptations. The idea was not to be naked and unencumbered, but to sort of encumber himself. When Hugo died, the brothels closed for a day out of loving respect for their greatest patron.
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