Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): A character from this author's The Man Who Laughs was the indirect origin of Batman's nemesis the Joker. In one novel, this author wrote about the character Eponine, whose parents are cruel innkeepers who mistreat the young orphan Cosette. In another novel, this author wrote of the Captain Phoebus, who is stabbed by Frollo while kissing the gypsy Esmeralda. For 10 points, name this French novelist who wrote about the thief Jean Valjean in Les Miserables and about Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Output (English): Literature