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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is the tragic story of a gypsy, Esmeralda, whose beauty and ability to inspire love ultimately leads to her doom. Set in medieval Paris against the milieu of crowded streets, tumultuous crowds, uncontrollable passions and above all, the magnificent cathedral of Notre-Dame, this novel demonstrates the selfishness and cruelty of man, but also the redemptive force of true love. About the Author Born in 1802 in Besancon, France, Victor Hugo was a celebrated French poet, novelist and dramatist, whose life spanned some of the most turbulent periods in French history. His work touches upon the major political, social and cultural issues of his time, and includes, apart from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, the celebrated novel, Les Miserables (1862). He died in 1885.