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“While passing through an obscure nook of Notre Dame cathedral, Victor Hugo noticed the Greek work for fate carved in the stone. He imagined a tormented soul driven to engrave this word. From this seed sprang his monumental novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

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Book:Writing Fiction: The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School

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