num_pages: 449
description: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo Set in 1482, Victor Hugo's powerful novel of imagination, caprice and fantasy is a meditation on love, fate, architecture and politics, as well as a compelling recreation of the medieval world at the dawn of the modern age. In a brilliant reworking of the tale of Beauty and the Beast, Hugo creates a host of unforgettable characters amongst them, Quasimodo, the hunchback of the title, hopelessly in love with the gypsy girl Esmeralda, the satanic priest Claude Frollo, Clopin Trouillefou, king of the beggars, and Louis XI, King of France. Over the entire novel, both literally and symbolically, broods the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Vivid characters and memorable set-piece action scenes combine to bring the past to life in this story of love, lust, betrayal, doom and redemption.
language: English
title: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
titlecomplete: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
characters: Sister Gudule, Quasimodo (Notre-Dame de Paris)), Esmeralda, Pierre Gringoire, Jean Frollo, Claude Frollo, Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers
genres: Fiction, French Literature, Classics, France, Gothic, Historical, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 196269
places: Paris, France
awards: awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Literary Fiction & Classics
publisher: Wordsworth Editions