“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” - C.S. Lewis

Montblanc and Signature International, in commissioning a series of collection of photographic portraits inspired by literature, have brought chick lit to an entirely new level.

In Christian Lacroix as Esmerelda

Milla Jovovich looks spectacular in Christian Lacroix but one can hardly relate her to Esmerelda, the 16-year-old gypsy girl with a trained goat act, who is hanged as a witch in Victor Hugo's “Notre Dame de Paris”.

The photographs are by Roger Moenks and the artworks, each signed by the actress who modeled for it, are currently on exhibition at Sotheby’s in New York.