5/21/2023 0 Comments Hugo the hunchbackThey provide clues about his process, which initially was somewhat scattered and interrupted by other projects. Fortunately, many of his notes and the original manuscript for the novel were never lost. His early efforts languished for a couple of years. He wanted to write a novel that would depict the church as a sacred work of art, condemn society’s indifference to its plight, and encourage its preservation. Hugo worried that they were falling into ruin. After the French revolution, Notre Dame and other gothic monuments were neglected. Several years prior, Hugo became aware of the cathedral’s alarming condition. In 1831, a young Victor Hugo enjoyed publication of his first smash hit, Notre-Dame de Paris, known by anglophones as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. First page of Victor Hugo’s manuscript for the Hunchback of Notre Dame, circa 1830.
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