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Published in 1831 in French as "Notre-Dame de Paris", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" is a novel written by Victor Hugo that follows both the Gothic and Romantic literary traditions. Overall, this means the novel uses fiction to display aspects of horror, death, and romance. In addition to those traits, Hugo also includes other major themes, like the negatives of the legal system of the day and capital punishment. This viewpoint can clearly be seen in some of the heartbreaking events in the novel that come from wrongful convictions. Overall, the tragic end falls in line with the Gothic tradition.
The novel is set in 15th-century Paris and powerfully evokes medieval life in the city during the reign of Louis XI. Quasimodo is the hunchbacked horribly deformed bell ringer at the cathedral of Notre-Dame. Once beaten and pilloried by an angry mob, he has fallen in love with the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, who took pity on him during this ordeal. When the scheming archdeacon Frollo, who is also obsessed with Esmeralda, discovers that she favours Captain Phoebus, he stabs the captain, and Esmeralda is accused of the crime. Quasimodo attempts to shelter Esmeralda in the cathedral, but...
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Young Adult, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length20 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 24, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
2PART 1
3Chapter 1 - THE GRAND HALL
4Chapter 2 - PIERRE GRINGOIRE
5Chapter 3 - MONSIEUR THE CARDINAL
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6Chapter 4 - MASTER JACQUES COPPENOLE
7Chapter 5 - QUASIMODO
8Chapter 6 - ESMERALDA
9PART 2
10Chapter 1 - FROM CHARYBDIS TO SCYLLA
11Chapter 2 - THE PLACE DE GREVE
12Chapter 3 - KISSES FOR BLOWS
13Chapter 4 - THE INCONVENIENCES OF FOLLOWING A PRETTY WOMAN THROUGH THE STREETS IN THE EVENING
14Chapter 5 - RESULT OF THE DANGERS
15Chapter 6 - THE BROKEN JUG
16Chapter 7 - A BRIDAL NIGHT
17PART 3
18Chapter 1 - NOTRE-DAME
19Chapter 2 - A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PARIS
20PART 4
21Chapter 1 - GOOD SOULS
22Chapter 2 - CLAUDE FROLLO
23Chapter 3 - IMMANIS PECORIS CUSTOS, IMMANIOR IPSE
24Chapter 4 - THE DOG AND HIS MASTER
25Chapter 5 - MORE ABOUT CLAUDE FROLLO
26Chapter 6 - UNPOPULARITY
27PART 5
28Chapter 1 - ABBAS BEATI MARTINI
29Chapter 2 - THIS WILL KILL THAT
30PART 6
31Chapter 1 - AN IMPARTIAL GLANCE AT THE ANCIENT MAGISTRACY
32Chapter 2 - THE RAT-HOLE
33Chapter 3 - HISTORY OF A LEAVENED CAKE OF MAIZE
34Chapter 4 - A TEAR FOR A DROP OF WATER
35Chapter 5 - END OF THE STORY OF THE CAKE
36PART 7
37Chapter 1 - THE DANGER OF CONFIDING ONE’S SECRET TO A GOAT
38Chapter 2 - A PRIEST AND A PHILOSOPHER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
39Chapter 3 - THE BELLS
40Chapter 4 - ANArKH
41Chapter 5 - THE TWO MEN CLOTHED IN BLACK
42Chapter 6 - THE EFFECT WHICH SEVEN OATHS IN THE OPEN AIR CAN PRODUCE
43Chapter 7 - THE MYSTERIOUS MONK
44Chapter 8 - THE UTILITY OF WINDOWS WHICH OPEN ON THE RIVER
45PART 8
46Chapter 1 - THE CROWN CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF
47Chapter 2 - CONTINUATION OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF
48Chapter 3 - END OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS TURNED INTO A DRY LEAF
49Chapter 4 - LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA— LEAVE ALL HOPE BEHIND, YE WHO ENTER HERE
50Chapter 5 - THE MOTHER
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