"The Hunchback of Notre Dame", historical novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in French in 1831

as Notre-Dame de Paris (“Our Lady of Paris”). It’s a old novel.

Victor Hugo has not only written about a story of Hatred and Genocide, his novel ,The Hunchback of
Notre Dame, Hugo recreates the vibrant, intense atmosphere of 15th-century life to remind his readers
of the splendour and significance of Paris’s Gothic past. The book doubles as a plea for the preservation
of the city’s historic Gothic architecture (and thus its heritage). His plea was met with great success. The
first printing, by publisher Charles Gosselin, was distributed in four issues of 275 copies each, and the
novel was instantly, incredibly popular. Many thousands of printings followed. The Hunchback of Notre
Dame circulated widely, inspiring illustrations by lithographers, painters, book illustrators, and even
cartoonists. Images from the novel (especially images of the cathedral) became known to individuals at
all levels of society. Notre-Dame de Paris became a French national icon, and the proliferation of images
of the cathedral helped revive the use and prestige of Gothic forms. An extensive program of
renovation, overseen by French restoration specialist Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, was undertaken
in the mid-1840s, and in the latter half of the 19th century Gothic monuments began to regain their
religious significance.