Notre Dame de Paris

Author: (French) Victor Hugo (Hugo/V.) / Wang Huaihai
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was one of the greatest romantic writers, poets, and playwrights of 19th-century France. The 19th century was a turbulent period in France, and turbulent times are fertile ground for immortal literature. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is one of Hugo's most sensational romantic novels, reflecting a strong anti-feudal and anti-clerical consciousness, as well as sympathy for the common people. This novel vividly embodies Hugo's aesthetic principle of "contrast between beauty and ugliness," proposed in 1827. Under the author's vivid portrayal, the stark contrast between good and evil, beauty and ugliness is pushed to its extreme, leaving readers with a profound emotional impact.