The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1200 د.ج

Victor Hugo

Set in 1482, Victor Hugo’s powerful novel of ‘imagination,

caprice and fantasy’ is a meditation on love, fate, architecture

and politics, as well as a compelling recreation of the medieval

world at the dawn of the modern age.

In a brilliant reworking of the tale of Beauty and the Beast,

Hugo creates a host of unforgettable characters – amongst

them, Quasimodo, the hunchback of the title, hopelessly in

love with the gypsy girl Esmeralda, the satanic priest Claude

Frollo, Clopin Trouillefou, king of the beggars, and Louis X1,

King of France. Over the entire novel, both literally and

symbolically, broods the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.

Vivid characters and memorable set-piece action scenes

combine to bring the past to life in this story of love, lust,

betrayal, doom and redemption.

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