The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Victor Hugo
- First Published: 1831
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Fifteenth century
- Setting: France
- Principal Characters: Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Claude Frollo, Phoebus de Chateaupers, Gringoire
- 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
The Story:
Louis XI, King of France, was to marry his oldest son to Margaret of Flanders, and in early January, 1482, the king was expecting Flemish ambassadors to his court. The great day arrived, coinciding both with Epiphany and with the secular celebration of the Festival of Fools. All day long, raucous Parisians had assembled at the great Palace of Justice to see a morality play and to choose a Prince of Fools. The throng was supposed to await the arrival of the Flemish guests, but when the emissaries were late, Gringoire, a penniless and oafish poet, ordered the play to...
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