The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Editorial SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.
Mainland Spain
- Publisher SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.
- ISBN13 9781645171782
- ISBN10 1645171787
- Type BOOK
- Published 2020
- Language English
- Bookbinding Cloth
Subjects
English LiteratureThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
Editorial SIMON & SCHUSTER UK LTD.
Mainland Spain
Book details
This historically significant novel of love and betrayal led to a renewed interest in preserving the grand architecture of Paris. Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written in 1831, at a time when the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was falling into disrepair. This epic novel helped spark a preservationist movement that led to the cathedral being restored to its full glory. Set in 1482, the story tells of how four men--the hunchbacked bell-ringer, Quasimodo; the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo; the dashing soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers; and the poet Pierre Gringoire--vie for the love of Esmeralda, a young Romani woman. As the story unfolds, readers come to realize that the focus of the story is not only on the human characters but on the grand cathedral itself.