![]() ![]() He formed a passionate opinion about the matter and did not avoid writing a strong manifesto against the damage done by the Academies, professors and “certain individuals that have adopted the title of architect”. In doing so, Hugo showed a thorough and detailed knowledge of architecture. Victor Hugo wrote his novel as a plea for restoring the Notre Dame which was in great disrepair at the time. The book became widely known as “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and is remembered as the love story between the gypsy beauty Esmeralda and the pitiful creature, deafened by the bells and living in the belfry of the cathedral. Recently I read Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris, written in 1830.
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