Like the relationship of mimesis, the identification between Quasimodo and Notre Dame, as the hunchback ".had taken its form, as the snail acquires that of its shell". In addition, Notre Dame is the scene of the most transcendental moments of the plot and also from there many others are attested. Although he had already written several articles about it, it was the story of this book, endowed with memorable characters and majestic descriptions of the construction and evolution of both the cathedral and the city of Paris, which helped to preserve and restore several of those buildings. It was published in 1831, but the story takes place in the fifteenth century and Victor Hugo took the opportunity to denounce the demolition of Gothic buildings that he considered should be preserved as cultural heritage.
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