![]() ![]() The novel’s many adaptations struggled to capture the entirety of the story and its themes. Once published, it became an instant classic, and helped spearhead a renovation of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, something Hugo had hoped for all along. Hugo took two years to actually write the book, since he kept getting distracted by other projects along the way. ![]() The novel is an epic, covering years of history, with the titular cathedral acting as the looming artifact that drives the entire novel, according to SparkNotes. "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" is one of two Victor Hugo novels that became extremely famous around the world, the other being "Les Misérables." "Hunchback" was written and published first, in 1831, and is one of the first novels to use a city-wide, sprawling scope instead of an intense focus. ![]()
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