The Hunchback of Notre Dame

In an age full of great French writers like Honore Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, Emile Zola, and others, Victor-Marie Hugo (1802 1885) may have been the most renowned in his time. Hugo was a poet, playwright, novelist, artist, and human rights activist at the height of the Romantic movement in France. Hugo initially courted fame through his poetry, but now his novels and other lifetime achievements are best known. In particular, Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame are read the world over. One of Hugo's best known works, The Hunchback of Notre Dame tells the story of the famous hunchback Quasimodo, who takes care of the bell of the famous cathedral at Notre Dame.