This book contains Victor Hugo's 1869 play, "e;Esmeralda"e;. It is based on Esmeralda, a fictional character in Hugo's 1831 novel "e;The Hunchback of Notre-Dame"e;. Hugo originally wrote "e;La Esmeralda"e; as an opera libretto and adaptation of "e;Notre Dame de Paris"e;. However, there are notable differences between the two, the most obvious of which is the represe...