The Hunchback of Notre Dame

I've got a thing for classics, so I knew beforehand that I was going to like this book, Overall, I enjoyed reading it. It wasn't my first time reading Victor Hugo, so I was used to his style and his sarcastic comments are quite enjoyable. Nevertheless, do we really need to know which king ordered the construction of which wall? Walls that no longer existed when he wrote the book and during the time the story took place, they were acting as a fourth wall to houses!

Besides, one page would have been enough to get the idea that Victor Hugo disagreed with half the changes and additions made to Notre Dame cathedral throughout the years, therefore dozens of pages explaining it in detail was more definitely not necessary!

Also, was it really necessary to make one endure 30 pages of a dissertation of how the printing killed architecture?

Anyway, after his 30 page long dissertations there's usually a 5 page summary, so skip his essays and enjoy the story!