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Quotation from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) by Victor Hugo

“It is upon this word that this book is founded.”

Victor Hugo (spoken by Hugo)

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Preface (March 1831), trans. Isabel F. Hapgood

Portrait of Victor Hugo

Hugo describes finding the Greek word ἈΝÁΓΚΗ (fate) carved on a wall in one of the towers, since scraped away.

Citation: "It is upon this word that this book is founded." — Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Preface (March 1831), trans. Isabel F. Hapgood. (id the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-q1)

Portrait: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full, Étienne Carjat, Public domain.

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