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"In Notre-Dame Cathedral, in fifteen-century Paris, Quasimodo lives alone and outcast. When he saves the beautiful Esmeralda from the gallows and takes her back to the bell-tower, suddenly the only place he can call home is no longer safe. In Victor Hugo's powerful story of prejudice, desire and con...

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Main Author: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London : Macmillan, 2024.
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France > History > Louis XI, 1461-1483 > Fiction.
Paris (France) > History > To 1515 > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
People with disabilities > Fiction.
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Summary:"In Notre-Dame Cathedral, in fifteen-century Paris, Quasimodo lives alone and outcast. When he saves the beautiful Esmeralda from the gallows and takes her back to the bell-tower, suddenly the only place he can call home is no longer safe. In Victor Hugo's powerful story of prejudice, desire and control, compassion and cruelty clash with tragic results." -page 4 of cover.
Item Description:First published in France in 1831.
Physical Description:651 pages; 18 cm
ISBN:1035034883
9781035034888
Author Notes:Victor-Marie Hugo was born in Besançon, France, in 1802. A precocious writer, in 1827 he published his epic verse drama Cromwell, a political allegory whose preface might be regarded as a Romanticist manifesto. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame followed in 1831 and throughout the following decade he wrote a number of plays, stories and poetry collections. However, his literary output in the few years after 1843, when his daughter died in a drowning accident, was sparse. He began a new novel as an outlet for his grief, but would only complete it many years later as Les Misérables in 1862. He died in 1885.

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