 Vidocq also inspired Hugo's "Claude Gueux" and "Le Dernier jour d'un condamné" ("The Last Day of a Condemned Man").In 1828, Vidocq, already pardoned, saved one of the workers in his paper factory by lifting a heavy cart on his shoulders as Valjean does.Hugo's description of Valjean rescuing a sailor on the "Orion" drew almost word for word on a Baron La Roncière's letter describing such an incident.