The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Author: Victor Hugo

Narrator: Bill Homewood

Abridged: 2 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 07/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

In the grotesque bell-ringer Quasimodo, Victor Hugo created one of the most vivid characters in classic fiction. Quasimodo’s doomed love for the beautiful gypsy girl Esmerelda is an example of the traditional love theme of beauty and the beast. Yet, set against the massive background of Notre Dame de Paris and interwoven with the sacred and secular life of medieval France, it takes on a larger perspective. The characters come to life: the poet Gringoire, the tormented priest Claude Frollo, the upright, fun-loving captain Phoebus and above all Quasimodo and Esmerelda themselves. It is a tale peppered with humour but fuelled by the anguish which unfolds beneath the bells of the great cathedral of Paris.

About Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France.

In France, Hugo's literary reputation rests primarily on his poetic and dramatic output and only secondarily on his novels. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Legende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. In the English-speaking world, his best-known works are the novels Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. His other novels include The Last Days of a Condemned Man, Toilers of the Sea, and The Man Who Laughs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on May 26, 2020

I recently read Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris for the first time, and was delighted and moved by the experience. Although it lacks the depth and humanity of Les Miserables, it possesses a grandeur of architectonic structure and an Olympian compassion all its own. Best of all, it gives us one of......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on September 13, 2008

I have officially been wooed by nineteenth century French literature. First Dumas and now this. I just finished reading Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, and it was fantastic. The characters, the themes, the literary structures… Ahhh… *swoons* Before I proclaim my love affair with Victor Hug......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on April 07, 2019

While reading this book I started to notice how little the Hunchback is in it. A Goodreads friend mentioned that this is why the title for it in France is actually "Our Lady of Paris". For some reason, English translations chose the the Hunchback for the title. If other books, movies, or TV shows nam......more

Goodreads review by Steven on January 17, 2021

Inicio lento, final espectacular. Cuando niño amé mi infancia; jugaba sin parar, me encantaba hablar hasta el punto que me obligaban a callar y los deportes eran mi centro de atención en todo momento. Cuando estaba en esa etapa de mi vida —que por cierto extraño y de la cual siento nostalgia cada vez......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on April 05, 2023

To była żmudna przeprawa. Myślę, że bez audiobooka bym nie podołała. Z minusów: Mnóstwo opisów architektury, które były bardzo szczegółowe. Czasami dziwne przeskoki czasowe. Z plusów: Smutna, piękna historia. Trudne i łamiące serce tematy. Bohaterowie niesamowicie dobrze skonstruowani.......more

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