Cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God. Hugo V.

“The Cathedral of the Paris Mother of God” (1831) is the famous historical novel by V. Hugo, a masterpiece of world literature of the 19th century. In this work, reality and fiction are skillfully intertwined, the history and everyday life of medieval Paris, philosophical thoughts and strong human passions. The plot center is not only the love of the Gorbun Quasimodo for the street dancer, the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, not only the story of an insidious priest, tormented by forbidden feelings, but, first of all, the Cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God itself, one of the most amazing Gothic buildings in the world. Illustrations of French artists of the XIX century, translation by N. A. Kogan.