Notre Dame

Victor Hugo for the French first great national poet, reformer of the verse. At the same time he and the Creator of the romantic drama, the great novelist, whose works still captivate readers around the world. Novels Hugo noted the richness of creative imagination, their stories are usually complex, interchanges spectacular, the strong feelings of the characters and tragic. Addressing the nation's history, the author creates a convincing picture of the past and a vivid, memorable characters. It is impossible to forget the proud Gypsy girl Esmeralda, a deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, Quasimodo, the brilliant and hard-hearted handsome Phoebus, tormented by jealousy of the priest Frollo — the heroes of the novel "the hunchback of Notre Dame" (1831). It is no coincidence that this story has found its embodiment in the Opera and the ballet, in a variety of movie version and, finally, has found new life in the popular musical.