The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Collins Classics)

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Set in medieval Paris, against the backdrop of the brooding Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Hugos take on the classic story of Beauty and the Beast tells of the hunchbacked, grotesque bellringer, Quasimodo. Rejected by Parisian society because of his appearance, Quasimodo resides in Notre-Dame, harbouring a love for the only woman that pities him, a gypsy named Esmerelda. However, a sinister archdeacon also covets Esmerelda, and when his advances are spurned, he seeks to destroy her.

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Victor Marie Hugo (18021885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement and is considered one of the greatest French writers. Hugos best-known works are the novels Les Misrables, 1862, and The Hunchbak of Notre-Dame, 1831, both of which have had several adaptations for stage and screen.