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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo

Summary

In 15th-century Paris, the deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo falls in love with the gypsy dancer Esmeralda, who is pursued by the corrupt archdeacon Frollo. Hugo used the novel partly to draw attention to the neglect of Gothic architecture.

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Victor Hugo

French poet, novelist, and dramatist (1802–1885) and one of the most important figures in French Romanticism. A committed political activist, he spent nineteen years in exile for opposing Napoleon III.

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Published
1831
Author
Victor Hugo