The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Victor Hugo
- First Published: 1831
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Fifteenth century
- Setting: France
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Poetry or poets, Paris, Obsession, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Middle Ages, Priests, Cathedrals, Gypsies, Sympathy
- Locales: Paris, France
Characters Discussed
Quasimodo (kah-zee-MOH-doh), a bellringer abandoned in infancy at Notre Dame Cathedral on Quasimodo Sunday, 1476, and now deaf from the din of the bells he rings. He is also unspeakably ugly, with tusk-like teeth and a wen over one eye, bristling red hair and eyebrows, and a snoutlike nose. Because of his horrible appearance, the Paris crowd selects him King of Fools for the Epiphany celebrations of 1482. During the carnival, he sees Esmeralda, the gypsy who dances before him. When he is later pilloried and beaten, she brings him a drink. From then on, he...
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Victor Hugo (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Victor Hugo (Poetry)Victor Hugo (Drama)Victor Hugo (Long Fiction)Victor Hugo (Censorship)Victor Hugo (Dictionary of World Biography)
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