Notre Dame De Paris
Victor Hugo
Oxford Paperbacks (1999)
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France - History - Fiction, Paris (France) - History - Fiction, Psychology - Obsession, Notre-Dame De Paris, Catholics - Fiction
Paperback 9780192837011
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At the center of Hugo's classic novel are three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession. The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, Claude Frollo, who in turn is bound by a hopeless passion to the gypsy dancer Esmeralda. She, meanwhile, is bewitched by a handsome, empty-headed officer, but by an unthinking act of kindness wins Quasimodo's selfless devotion. Behind the central figures moves a pageant of picturesque characters, including the underworld of beggars and petty criminals whose assault on the cathedral is one of the most spectacular set-pieces of Romantic literature. Alban Kraisheimer's new translation offers a fresh approach to this monumental work by France's most celebrated Romantic authors.
Product Details
Dewey 813
Cover Price $11.95
No. of Pages 592
Height x Width 7.6 x 5.0  inch
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