Notre-Dame Cathedral

Victor Hugo for the French primarily the Great National Poet, a verse reformer. At the same time, he and the creator of a romantic drama, a magnificent prose, whose works still fascinate readers all over the world. Hugo novels are marked by the wealth of creative imagination, their plots are usually complex, the junction is spectacular, the feelings of the heroes are strong and tragic. Turning to national history, the author creates convincing paintings of the past and bright, memorable characters. It is impossible to forget the proud gypsy Esmeralda, the ugly ringing of the Cathedral of Notre Dame Quasimodo, the brilliant and hard-hearted handsome of the fub, tormented by the jealousy of the priest Frollo - the heroes of the novel "Cathedral of the Paris Mother of God" (1831) It is no coincidence that this plot today has found its embodiment in the opera and ballet, in a variety of cinema and finally gained a new life in a popular musical