Chapter 2, the miracle play written by Grandgoire is repeatedly interrupted by the raucous crowd, and the character traits of the poet Grandgoire are detailed
Chapter 3, the crowd, which has just been restored to order by the arrival of the Cardinal, rumbles again, interrupting the miracle play. The cardinal and his entourage are described
Chapter 4, the cardinal's subordinates again interrupt the miracle play, and the people leave the Palace of Justice to see the election of the Pope of the People, which sends Grandgoire's spirit into a state of madness.
Chapter 5 depicts the elected Pope of Fools, Gazimodo
Chapter 6 depicts Esmerelda, a gypsy girl who dances in the plaza
Volume II
Chapter 1 Devastated by the failure of the play, Grandgoire wanders the streets, homeless, and finally thinks to try his luck in the River Plaza.
Chapter 2 describes Riverland Square, while the author uses the dilapidated houses and gallows to criticize the institutions and laws of the society of the time
Chapter 3 Grandgoire sees Esmerelda dancing in Riverland Square, while a procession of the Foolish Pope passes through the streets, and a man dressed in black jumps out of the crowd and yanks the Pope away, who is sitting in his chair. Quasimodo, and Grandgoire recognized that knew his teacher, Claude, the vicar-general of Notre Dame de Paris. Frollo
Chapter 4 Grandcueva overhears Frollo and Gazimodo trying to kidnap Esmerelda in an alley; Esmerelda is later rescued by Captain Phoebus, Frollo escapes, and Gazimodo is captured.
Chapter 5 Glenguard is put in a noose and prepared for execution after he panics and mistakenly enters the gypsy camp Magical Kingdom, where, according to custom, he can be pardoned if a woman will take him as a husband.
Chapter 6 Esmerelda discovers Grandcueva and agrees to marry him in order to save him
Chapter 7 Briefly describes Grandcueva's life, and Esmerelda tells him that he will only be a nominal husband and wife to him.