Victor Hugo
Notre-Dame de Paris
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(Fair Price Classics July 1, 2010)
Hugo was one day exploring Notre Dame Cathedral, when in one of the bell towers he discovered the Greek word "ANA?KH" carved into the stone wall. This word means "fate". Hugo became curious about who had carved this word and why. Unable to find any clues to the inscriber, the story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame began to form in his mind.Hugo began to write Hunchback in 1829. The agreement with his original publisher, Gosselin, was that the book would be finished that same year. However, Hugo was constantly