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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

By: Victor Hugo, Isabel Florence Hapgood - translator
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

By Victor Hugo. Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood.

A mad priest, a vagabond playwright, a social-climbing soldier, and a deformed bell-ringer—all are captivated by a gypsy girl's beauty and charm. Two of them will betray her, but the others will remain loyal, even in the shadow of the gallows. These outlaws find sanctuary within the walls of medieval Paris' greatest monument, the grand Cathedral of Notre Dame.

"What a beautiful thing Notre-Dame is!" declared Gustave Flaubert of Victor Hugo's 1837 novel. Originally published as Notre-Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris), it was conceived as a story of the cathedral itself, which functioned as the passionate heart of fifteenth-century city life. But Hugo's human drama rivals the Gothic masterpiece for dominance. Drawn with humor and compassion, his characters endure, both in literary history and in readers' imaginations: Frollo, the sinister archdeacon; Quasimodo, the hideous hunchback; and the enchanting outcast, Esmeralda.

©2020 Isabel Florence Hapgood (P)2022 Oasis Audio
Classics Historical Historical Fiction Victorian Romance Witty Feel-Good
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The author was paid per word, so this 'classic' novel is mainly filler, and I had to return it.
How this is considered a classic I have absolutely no idea.

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