Victor Hugo signed documentA document signed by Victor Hugo in vibrant blue ink Victor Hugo is the author of some of the most celebrated works in French literature, including Les Miserables (1862) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831). Victor Hugo signed this 10. 7 x 8 inch document while in exile in Jersey in 1852 1855. A staunch republican, he left France when Napoleon III seized power in 1851. The paper is connected with a society of French refugees on the island and is