In front of you is the illustrated edition of the novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” by Victor Hugo, an outstanding French author of the 19th century. The first historical novel in French "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” is a touching, ruthless and tragic narration about medieval morals. In his book Hugo made a Parisian Gothic cathedral the main character, bringing it into the public eye and thus helping it remain inviolate. Given that at that time Notre Dame Cathedral was going to be pulled down or modernised.