The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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ISBN: 9780679642572
author: Victor Hugo / Catherine Liu / Elizabeth McCracken
book format: Paperback
publishing house: Modern Library
publication date: 2002 -10
language: English
number of pages: 512

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Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugo’s powerful historical romance The Hunchback of Notre-Dame has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral’s tower. When a crowd of Parisian peasants, misunderstanding Quasimodo’s motives, attacks the church in an attempt to liberate her, the story ends in tragedy.

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