Today we are doing some sightseeing and will continue our stay in Paris in the Traveling The Globe event. We will visit the Notre Dame Cathedral.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
by Victor Hugo
In the vaulted Gothic towers of
the Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for
his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to
whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the
attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his
lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destroy her that only Quasimodo
can prevent. Victor Hugo's sensational, evocative novel brings life to the
medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing in one of the greatest
historical romances of the nineteenth century.
Printing History
Written by Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885)
as
Notre-Dame de Paris
Gosselin
January 1831
In
the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the
hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is
pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes
completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention
of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his
lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destroy her that only
Quasimodo can prevent. Victor Hugo's sensational, evocative novel brings
life to the medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing in one of
the greatest historical romances of the nineteenth century.
- See more at:
http://www.booksatruestory.com/2012/03/06/book-review-the-hunchback/#sthash.u9RuuwLR.dpuf
In
the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the
hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is
pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes
completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention
of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his
lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destroy her that only
Quasimodo can prevent. Victor Hugo's sensational, evocative novel brings
life to the medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing in one of
the greatest historical romances of the nineteenth century.
- See more at:
http://www.booksatruestory.com/2012/03/06/book-review-the-hunchback/#sthash.u9RuuwLR.dpuf
In
the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame lives Quasimodo, the
hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is
pitied only by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes
completely devoted. Esmerelda, however, has also attracted the attention
of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his
lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destroy her that only
Quasimodo can prevent. Victor Hugo's sensational, evocative novel brings
life to the medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing in one of
the greatest historical romances of the nineteenth century.
- See more at:
http://www.booksatruestory.com/2012/03/06/book-review-the-hunchback/#sthash.u9RuuwLR.dpuf
