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1831 novel by Victor Hugo

This article is about the Victor Hugo novel. For other uses, see The Hunchback of Notre Dame (disambiguation).

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, lit. 'Our Lady of Paris', originally titled Notre-Dame de Paris.

1482) is a FrenchGothicnovel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which features prominently throughout the novel. It focuses on the unfortunate story of Quasimodo, the Roma street dancer Esmeralda and Quasimodo's guardian the ArchdeaconClaude Frollo in 15th-century Paris.

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All its elements—the Renaissance setting, impossible love affairs and marginalised characters—make the work a model of the literary themes of Romanticism.

The novel is considered a classic of French literature^[1] and has been adapted repeatedly for film, stage and television.

Some prominent examples include a 1923 silent film with Lon Chaney,