“The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” is the first historical novel written in French, created thanks to a desire to preserve the majestic architectural monument. Against the backdrop of medieval France, a drama unfolds involving Esmeralda, a street-dancing Gypsy girl, and Quasimodo, the bell-ringer with a hunchback. He finds the courage to try to save a young beauty from death… A vivid depiction of Paris from a bird’s-eye view and a piercing love story beneath the vaults of a Gothic cathedral were reflected in numerous film adaptations and stage productions.