Surprisingly, Quasimodo has a small role in the book which was originally titled “ Notre-Dame de Paris” or “ Our Lady of Paris” – a much more appropriate, yet less imaginative title.Īn Illustration for Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo. Claude Frollo, archdeacon of Notre Dame, La Esmeralda, an enchanting gypsy, and Quasimodo, the disfigured bell ringer as well as Frollo’s adopted son. The book tells the stories of three tragic and lonely figures. It is filled with the loneliness of 15th Century Paris, its dark corridors, streets and stench. “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” by Victor Hugo is a desperate and quite depressing novel. My rating for The Hunchback of Notre Dame – 4īuy The Hunchback of Notre Dame from * Publisher : Barnes & Noble Classics. The novel became a classic and the Hunchback became a tragic hero as well as a cultural icon. “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” by Victor Hugo (1802-1885 | Biography & Works) is a fictional story set in Paris, France and published in 1831.
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