“在瓦尔特·司各特风景如画的散文体小说之后,仍有可能创作出另一类型的小说:它既是戏剧,又是史诗;既风景如画,又诗意盎然;既是现实主义的,又是理想主义的;既逼真,又壮丽;它把瓦尔特·司各特和荷马融为一体。”这是法国大文豪雨果早在二十一岁时的一句预言。谁知,几年后,他的长篇小说《巴黎圣母院》便实现了这一预言! After Walter Scott’s picturesque prose novels, it is still possible to create another type of novel: it is both drama and epic; both picturesque and poetic; both realism, It is also idealistic; both real and magnificent; it blends Walter Scott with Homer. “This is a prediction made by the great French writer Hugo as early as twenty-one. Who knows, a few years later, his novel ”Notre Dame de Paris" will realize this prophecy!