Possible Clues:

• Hugo hero
• A madeleine with a past, predating Proust
• 'Les Misérables' hero
• A Madelaine with a past, predating Proust
• "Les Miserables" surname
• 'Les Miserables' surname
• 'Les Misérables' fugitive
• 37-Across hero
• 'To dine with Lord Lobster and Count -' (W.H. Auden)