"Notre-Dame de Paris" by Victor Hugo is a French Gothic novel published in 1831. Set in 15th-century Paris, it tells the tragic story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, the beautiful Romani dancer Esmeralda, and the obsessed Archdeacon Claude Frollo. Their intertwined fates unfold against the backdrop of the magnificent cathedral itself. A cornerstone of Romanticism featuring impossible love and marginalized characters, the novel also served as Hugo's passionate plea for preserving France's endangered Gothic architecture. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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