This extraordinary historical novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by the specter of his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work that gives full play to Victor Hugo's brilliant historical imagination and his remarkable powers of description.

维克多·马里·雨果是一名法国浪漫主义作家。他是法国浪漫主义文学的的代表人物和19世纪前期积极浪漫主义文学运动的领袖，法国文学史上卓越的作家。雨果几乎经历了19世纪法国的所有重大事变。一生创作了众多诗歌、小说、剧本、各种散文和文艺评论及政论文章。代表作有《巴黎圣母院》、《九三年》、和《悲惨世界》等。