The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Victor Hugo
- First Published: 1831
- Type of Work: Tragic Romance
- 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
Through a series of tales of thwarted love, the novel reveals a tragic story of medieval Paris. The deformed Quasimodo, befriended by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame, Frollo, falls in love with the gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, who in turn is enamored of the aristocratic soldier, Phoebus, who once saved her life. Frollo, demented by his study of alchemy and the black arts, lusts after the dancer, too, and stabs Phoebus when the two lovers meet, allowing Esmeralda to take the blame. Destined for a public hanging, she is saved by Quasimodo, who carries her into the sanctuary of the cathedral....
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