Victor Hugo's novel 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' which helped rally support for the cathedral's massive renovation in the 19th century, has rocketed to the top of Amazon's bestseller list in France.
Campaigning for the preservation of the cathedral, Victor Hugo described it in his 1831 novel as crumbling and marked by "countless defacements and mutilations."Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
Telling the story of Quasimodo, a deformed bell-ringer of the cathedral in the 15th century, the book helped rally support for Notre Dame's massive renovation later in the 19th century. Campaigning for the preservation of the cathedral, Hugo described it as crumbling and marked by"countless defacements and mutilations," contributing to alert the public about the issue.
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