description: In the grotesque bell-ringer "Quasimodo", Victor Hugo created one of the most vivid characters in classic fiction. Quasimodo's doomed love for the beautiful gypsy girl Esmerelda is an example of the traditional love theme of beauty and the beast. Yet, set against the massive background of Notre Dame de Paris and interwoven with the sacred and secular life of medieval France, it takes on a larger perspective. The characters come to the poet Gringoire, the tormented priest Claude Frollo, the fun-loving captain Phoebus and above all Quasimodo and Esmeralda themselves. It is a tale peppered with humour but fuelled by the anguish which unfolds beneath the bells of the great cathedral of Paris.
language: English
title: Hunchback of Notre Dame
titlecomplete: Hunchback of Notre Dame (Naxos Classic Fiction)
characters: Claude Frollo, Jean Frollo, Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers, Esmeralda, Quasimodo (Notre-Dame de Paris)), Pierre Gringoire, Sister Gudule
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Novels, Gothic, France, Historical Fiction, Fiction, French Literature, Romance
ratings_count: 196264
places: France, Paris
awards: awardedAt: 1672560000000
name: Audie Award
category: Literary Fiction & Classics
publisher: Naxos Audiobooks