The hunchback of Notre Dame
Hugo, Victor, 1802-18852020
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Victor Hugo's 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' was written in 1831, at a time when the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was falling into disrepair. This epic novel helped spark a preservationist movement that led to the cathedral being restored to its full glory. Set in 1482, the story tells of how four men - the hunchbacked bell-ringer, Quasimodo; the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo; the dashing soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers; and the poet Pierre Gringoire - vie for the love of Esmeralda, a young Romani woman. As the story unfolds, readers come to realize that the focus of the story is not only on the human characters but on the grand cathedral itself.
Main title:
The hunchback of Notre Dame / Victor Hugo ; translated by Isabel F. Hapgood.
Author:
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885, authorHapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928, translator
Imprint:
San Diego : Canterbury Classics, 2020.
Collation:
624 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781645171782 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.7CL
LC class:
PQ2288
Local class:
AFCL
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2651695
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