The story of a gypsy girl, a misshapen bellringer, and the ancient cathedral notredame. Contrary to what every movie based on the book would lead you to believe see below, it is primarily about paris and the cathedral and medieval french society, against which backdrop a story of obsessive lust, naive love, and betrayal unfolds. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by esmerelda, a. An archdeacon of notredame and his bellringer fall in love with the same gypsy, with tragic results. Our own great novelists work is fresher, healthier perhaps, more of the open air. One of the first great novels of the romantic era, victor hugos the hunchback of notre dame has thrilled generations of readers with its powerfully melodramatic story of quasimodo, the deformed hunchback who lives in the bell tower of medieval pariss most famous cathedral. A few years ago, while visiting or, rather, rummaging about notredame, the author of this book found, in an obscure nook of one of the towers, the following word, engraved by hand upon the wall.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The french title refers to the notre dame cathedral in paris, on wh. Roman des franzosischen schriftstellers victor hugo 18021885. Editions of the hunchback of notredame by victor hugo. Monsieur the cardinal best known authors and titles are available on the free online library. Feared and hated by all, quasimodo is looked after by dom claude frollo, a stern, cold priest who ignores the poor. Paperback published in 2012, 8431671637 paperback published in 2003, 1632099314 ebook published in 2014. Our lady of paris is a french gothic novel by victor hugo, published in 1831. The history and legacy of frances most famous cathedral charles river editors.
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