The novel sought to preserve values of French culture in a time period of great change, which resulted in the destruction of many French Gothic structures. The novel has been described as a key text in French literature and has been adapted for film over a dozen times, in addition to numerous television and stage adaptations, such as a 1923 silent film with Lon Chaney, a 1939 sound film with Charles Laughton, and a 1996 Disney animated film with Tom Hulce. All its elements-Renaissance setting, impossible love affairs, marginalized characters-make the work a model of the literary themes of Romanticism. It focuses on the unfortunate story of Quasimodo, the Romani street dancer Esmeralda and Quasimodo's guardian the Archdeacon Claude Frollo in 15th-century Paris. 1482) is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, lit. ' Our Lady of Paris', originally titled Notre-Dame de Paris. Home The Hunchback of Notre Dame Wikipedia: Introduction
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