Notre-Dame de ParisAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 28 May 2009
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Three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession are at the centre of Hugos novel. 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 Quasimodos selfless devotion. Behind the central figures moves a pageant of picturesque characters, ranging from the cruel, superstitious king, Louis XI, to the underworld of beggars and petty criminals. These disreputable truands night-time assault on the cathedral is one of the most spectacular set-pieces of Romantic literature. Hugo vividly depicts medieval Paris, where all life is dominated by the massive cathedral. His passionate enthusiasm for Gothic architecture is set within the context of an epic view of mankinds history, to which he attaches even more importance than to the novels compelling story. Alban Krailsheimers new translation is a fresh approach to this monumental classic by Frances most celebrated Romantic.
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