| Description |
493 pages ; 18cm |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Summary |
In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destroy her, that only Quasimodo can prevent. Victor Hugo's sensational, evocative novel brings life to the medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing in one of the greatest historical romances of the nineteenth century. John Sturrock's clear, contemporary translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing it as a passionate novel of ideas, written in defence of Gothic architecture and of a burgeoning democracy, and demonstrating that an ugly exterior can conceal moral beauty. This revised edition also includes further reading and a chronology of Hugo's life |
| Analysis |
Fiction in French 1815-1848 Translations |
| Notes |
Original title: Notre-Dame de Paris. Also titled: The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
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Translated from the French |
| Subject |
English fiction -- Translations from French
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French fiction -- Translations into English
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- Louis XI, 1461-1483 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115094
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Paris (France) -- History -- To 1515 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098044 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Sturrock, John.
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| LC no. |
79300035 |
| ISBN |
0140443533 |
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