Notre-dame de paris, paperback/victor hugo

At the center of Hugos classic novel are three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession.

The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, Claude Frollo, who in turn is bound by a hopeless passion to the gypsy dancer Esmeralda.

She, meanwhile, is bewitched by a handsome, empty-headed officer, but by an unthinking act of kindness wins Quasimodos selfless devotion.

Behind the central figures moves a pageant of picturesque characters, including the underworld of beggars and petty criminals whose assault on the cathedral is one of the most spectacular set-pieces of Romantic literature.

Alban Kraisheimers new translation offers a fresh approach to this monumental work by Frances most celebrated Romantic authors.

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