Unbelievable but true, there was NO specific topic for talking about the book!!
Released on 1832, when Hugo was 30, in the second edition appeared some unrealeased chapters that made the unbridged edition (those chapters were lost when the first edition was released).
Everybody knows the story and, if not, better read the book ;D
Operas and films were made inspired in this book.
I don't know how much say because I need to know from which part of the book is considered a spoiler, or if we can talk with freedom in this topic about the entire book...
Til now, I'll just say things about his way of writing. I love it. It is not as good as Les Misérables, but it was many years earlier. I mean, with 30 years old he wrote Notre Dame? Holy *whatever*!
There are less essays, and I missed more of them. But the poetic way of writing still the same, and the casualties. And the catch of Human beings behaviour and personalities... and the hope. But in this novel the hope in humanity (I think) is a little less than in Les Mis, but maybe it is because he is younger, or because the 1848 revolution hasn't come yet, and so his faith was not so clear...
I love the way he talks about art and History. And his essay about architecture and books is one of the greatest things I've read, it cleared me many ideas that I didn't understand studying art History.
And that's all right now from my part!