Notre Dame de Paris

Author: Hugo
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Modern society requires citizens to possess good humanistic and scientific literacy, innovative spirit, cooperative awareness, and an open perspective. They should also have comprehensive basic skills, including reading comprehension and expression, as well as the ability to use modern technology to collect and process information. Based on this guiding philosophy, the Ministry of Education has formulated new standards for primary and secondary school Chinese curricula and proposed a list of recommended extracurricular books. This is a novel depicting the uprising and downfall of beggars; a novel that opposes theocracy and religious belief, though somewhat "deterministic" yet full of hope; a beautiful and bizarre novel; and a sharp revelation of personal secrets with unparalleled writing, worth buying again. In this novel, Hugo, with a rich romantic tone, vividly portrays the colorful life of medieval Paris and its diverse inhabitants. With a sharp pen, he mercilessly exposes the hypocrisy of asceticism and the cruelty, brutality, and foolishness of the upper class, while also celebrating the kindness, cooperation, courage, and integrity of the lower-class poor.