In Popular Culture
Gringoire appears as a main character in Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. He did not appear in Disney's 1996 animated film adaptation or its 2002 straight-to-video sequel. He is also the main character in the short drama Gringoire (1866) by Théodore de Banville.
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