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Quotation from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) by Victor Hugo
“Never have I seen my ugliness as at the present moment.”
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Book Ninth, Chapter III, Deaf, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood
In the tower, speaking to Esmeralda for the first time since he carried her into sanctuary.
Citation: "Never have I seen my ugliness as at the present moment." — Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Book Ninth, Chapter III, Deaf, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood. (id the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-q6)
Portrait: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full, Étienne Carjat, Public domain.
