Notre-Dame de Paris

"Notre-Dame de Paris" (1831) is Victor Hugo's famous historical novel. It is thanks to its publication that we can admire one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in the world, right in the heart of Paris. Hugo drew attention to the cathedral through his work, and he did so deliberately, as Notre-Dame was slated for demolition. The author did not hide the fact that the main character of his novel was the cathedral itself. Yet readers will undoubtedly remember the vivid characters of the book: the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, the noble, kind-hearted Quasimodo, the devious priest tormented by forbidden feelings for Esmeralda, and many others. This novel, like the musical adaptation of it, whose songs we all know almost by heart, will leave no one indifferent.