Notre-Dame de Paris
by Victor Hugo
- First published
- 2020
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"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 iconic cathedral, which Hugo championed for preservation. A model of Romantic literature, the novel explores impossible love, jealousy, and the plight of society's outcasts in a tale that has become a classic of French literature.
- Historical fiction
- People with disabilities
- France
- Clergy
- Man-woman relationships
- Paris (France)
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #2610. Notre-Dame de Paris on Wikipedia.
