A Tale of Love, Outcasts, and the Shadow of Justice . 15th-century Paris... Beneath the towering spires of the majestic Notre-Dame Cathedral, destiny is quietly unfolding. Esmeralda, a beautiful Romani dancer; Frollo, a priest consumed by obsession; Quasimodo, the bell-ringer deformed in body but not in soul—and the ruthless world that surrounds them all. Victor Hugo’s timeless classic is far more than a story of unrequited love. It is a cry for the misunderstood, a hymn to architecture, and a p ...