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A historical novel is a fictional story set in a real time period in the past, blending imagined characters and events with actual historical facts and settings. These books matter because they make history engaging and memorable for readers while raising interesting questions about how we understand and interpret the past.
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) by Victor Hugo (1831), a 19th-century example of a romantic-historical novel
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