Victor Hugo, the author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, was reportedly such a regular patron of Parisian brothels that many of them closed fo

Victor Hugo, the author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, was reportedly such a regular patron of Parisian brothels that many of them closed for a day after his death as a sign of respect and mourning. Facing an impossible six-month deadline to complete The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,…