Victor Huge
The epitome of French romantic writers in the nineteenth century was Victor
Hugo. With the utmost dexterity he wrote poetry, novels and drama. His highly
popular novels, Notre Dame De Paris and Les Miserables, are replete with 
melodramatic situations and grotesque characters. He had a profound sense of
social justice and a compassion for the poor, hapless and downtrodden. He could
not work under the aegis of Napolean II and fled into exile. When the repugnant
rule came to an end, the expatriate returned from exile. He was received with
adulation and acclaim as the idol of the Third Republic.


to throw the book at someone--to give the maximum punishment.
The judge get his back up and threw the book at the criminal.