The Woman on the Breadfruit Tree is a classic novel, not based on any particular adaptation. The novel is believed to have been written by Victor Hugo of France and was first published in 1831. The novel tells the love story between a wealthy bakery owner and his daughter, depicting a world full of romance and idealism, in which love and bread become symbolic concepts. The novel is widely regarded as one of the representative works of French romanticism and one of the classics in the history of world literature.