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Jean Valjean, the protagonist of "Les Misérables", is a hard labor prisoner serving a nineteen-year sentence. After he was released from prison, he was inspired by the bishop and determined to do good. He went away to a different place, changed his name to Madeleine, and after becoming a wealthy man, he extended his benevolence and was later appointed mayor. He helps the female worker Fantine and the orphan Cosette. Throughout his life, Jean Valjean struggled in suffering, but he had the sentiment of self-sacrifice for others. Hugo used the image of Jean Valjean to point out a way out for the predicament of human existence. The novel reflects Hugo's humanitarian thoughts and is full of Hugo's concern for the suffering and destiny of mankind and his unswerving belief in the future. It has a shocking artistic appeal.

"Notre Dame de Paris" tells the story of Esmeralda, a beautiful and pure Gypsy girl who performs on the street. Frollo, the deputy bishop of Notre Dame, covets her beauty and wants to take it for himself. Later, he discovered that she had another lover, so he assassinated her lover and blamed him, causing her to be sentenced to death. Cassimordo, the ugly bell ringer who was favored by Esmeralda by chance, was full of love and humility for her. He rescued her and took refuge in Notre Dame. Later, Frollo kidnapped her and after failing to force her to succumb to his bestial desires, he handed her over to the officers and soldiers and watched her being hanged upstairs in Notre Dame. In despair, Cassimordor angrily pushed Frollo, who raised him, down the stairs and fell to death. He went to the Eagle Mountain Crypt to hug Esmeralda's body and die with her, completing his "wedding".

This classic work by Victor Hugo tells the heart-wrenching story of Quasimodo, an ugly bell-ringer with a good heart, and the beautiful and kind-hearted Gypsy girl Esmeralda. Quasimodo was instructed by the insidious archdeacon to kidnap Esmeralda, but she responded with kindness when he was punished. It was the Bell Ringer who saved Esmeralda when she was wrongly accused. The two were involved in the whirlpool of fate together, and ultimately could not escape their misfortune under conspiracy and persecution. The plot of the story is twists and turns, the imagination is magnificent, and it wonderfully presents the eternal themes of beauty and ugliness, good and evil, etc.

Set in France in 1482, this book creates vivid images - the innocent and pure Gypsy girl Esmeralda, the young and handsome guard captain Phobis, the sanctimonious and sinister bishop's deputy Frollo, the deformed and ugly but kind-hearted bell ringer Quasi Mordo... The work takes the relationship between these characters as the main line and tells a strange story with the distinctive colors of the customs of 15th century Paris. Esmeralda, the incarnation of beauty and goodness, was finally slandered as a "witch" and a "murderer" by the church and the court, and was sentenced to hanging; Quasimordo finally recognized Frollo's ferocious face, pushed him down from the top of the bell tower and fell to death. He came to the execution ground and escaped into the cemetery with Esmeralda's body... Rich imagination, grotesque plots, and peculiar structures constitute the author's eternal destiny theme of telling the contradictions between human beings, religion, society, and nature. This translation is free and easy, using mostly short sentences and a lively rhythm.

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is a masterpiece of romanticism that must be read. The plot of the novel is twists and turns, tense and vivid, unpredictable, dramatic and legendary. It is highly artistic and takes the history of the reign of French King Louis XI more than 400 years ago as the background, truly showing the dark dealings between the palace and the church. The novel exposes the hypocrisy of religion, declares the bankruptcy of asceticism, praises the kindness, friendship and self-sacrifice of the lower working people, and reflects Hugo's humanitarian thoughts.