The three great masters of short stories in the world were France's Hugo and Russia. Their representative works include: 1. Hugo's " Notre-Dame de Paris " described the love story between Quasimodo and Esmeralda, as well as the story of Quasimodo being rejected by the citizens of Paris. Voltaire's " Andromack " told the story of Andromack, the son of a noble family, who rebelled against the aristocratic society and eventually became a philosopher and revolutionary. 3. Hamlet, by shakespeare, tells the story of a nobleman named Hamlet, who fell into madness because of revenge and finally suffered the consequences of his own actions. This play was considered to be a masterpiece of shakespeare and a classic in the history of world literature.