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The story begins on the day of the Feast of Fools in Paris, France. Quasimodo, a deformed hunchback who is the bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, is introduced by his crowning as the Pope of Fools. Esmeralda, a beautiful Gypsy street dancer with a kind and generous heart, captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, a poor street poet, but especially those of Quasimodo and his adoptive father, Claude Frollo, the Archdeacon of Notre Dame. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust and the rules of the church. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her, but the hunchback is captured by Phoebus and his guards, who save Esmeralda. Gringoire, witnessing all this, accidentally trespasses into the Court of Miracles, home of the Truands (criminals of Paris). He was about to be hanged under the orders of Clopin Trouillefou, the King of Truands, until Esmeralda saved his life by marrying him. The following day, Quasimodo is sentenced to be flogged and turned on the pillory for one hour, followed by another hour's public exposure. He calls for water. Esmeralda, seeing his thirst, offers him a drink. It saves him, and she captures his heart... (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length18 hrs 16 mins
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Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
36VOLUME II.
2BOOK FIRST.
37BOOK SEVENTH.
3CHAPTER I. THE GRAND HALL.
38CHAPTER I. THE DANGER OF CONFIDING ONE'S SECRET TO A GOAT.
4CHAPTER II. PIERRE GRINGOIRE.
39CHAPTER II. A PRIEST AND A PHILOSOPHER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
5CHAPTER III. MONSIEUR THE CARDINAL.
40CHAPTER III. THE BELLS.
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6CHAPTER IV. MASTER JACQUES COPPENOLE.
41CHAPTER IV. ANArKH.
7CHAPTER V. QUASIMODO.
42CHAPTER V. THE TWO MEN CLOTHED IN BLACK.
8CHAPTER VI. ESMERALDA.
43CHAPTER VI. THE EFFECT WHICH SEVEN OATHS IN THE OPEN AIR CAN PRODUCE.
9BOOK SECOND.
44CHAPTER VII. THE MYSTERIOUS MONK.
10CHAPTER I. FROM CHARYBDIS TO SCYLLA.
45CHAPTER VIII. THE UTILITY OF WINDOWS WHICH OPEN ON THE RIVER.
11CHAPTER II. THE PLACE DE GREVE.
46BOOK EIGHTH.
12CHAPTER III. KISSES FOR BLOWS.
47CHAPTER I. THE CROWN CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF.
13CHAPTER IV. THE INCONVENIENCES OF FOLLOWING A PRETTY WOMAN THROUGH THE
48CHAPTER II. CONTINUATION OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF.
14CHAPTER V. RESULT OF THE DANGERS.
49CHAPTER III. END OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS TURNED INTO A DRY LEAF.
15CHAPTER VI. THE BROKEN JUG.
50CHAPTER IV. LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA—LEAVE ALL HOPE BEHIND, YE WHO
16CHAPTER VII. A BRIDAL NIGHT.
51CHAPTER V. THE MOTHER.
17BOOK THIRD.
52CHAPTER VI. THREE HUMAN HEARTS DIFFERENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
18CHAPTER I. NOTRE-DAME.
53BOOK NINTH.
19CHAPTER II. A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF PARIS.
54CHAPTER I. DELIRIUM.
20BOOK FOURTH.
55CHAPTER II. HUNCHBACKED, ONE EYED, LAME.
21CHAPTER I. GOOD SOULS.
56CHAPTER III. DEAF.
22CHAPTER II. CLAUDE FROLLO.
57CHAPTER IV. EARTHENWARE AND CRYSTAL.
23CHAPTER III. IMMANIS PECORIS CUSTOS, IMMANIOR IPSE.
58CHAPTER V. THE KEY TO THE RED DOOR.
24CHAPTER IV. THE DOG AND HIS MASTER.
59CHAPTER VI. CONTINUATION OF THE KEY TO THE RED DOOR.
25CHAPTER V. MORE ABOUT CLAUDE FROLLO.
60BOOK TENTH.
26CHAPTER VI. UNPOPULARITY.
61CHAPTER I. GRINGOIRE HAS MANY GOOD IDEAS IN SUCCESSION.—RUE DES
27BOOK FIFTH.
62CHAPTER II. TURN VAGABOND.
28CHAPTER I. ABBAS BEATI MARTINI.
63CHAPTER III. LONG LIVE MIRTH.
29CHAPTER II. THIS WILL KILL THAT.
64CHAPTER IV. AN AWKWARD FRIEND.
30BOOK SIXTH.
65CHAPTER V. THE RETREAT IN WHICH MONSIEUR LOUIS OF FRANCE SAYS HIS
31CHAPTER I. AN IMPARTIAL GLANCE AT THE ANCIENT MAGISTRACY.
66CHAPTER VI. LITTLE SWORD IN POCKET.
32CHAPTER II. THE RAT-HOLE.
67CHAPTER VII. CHATEAUPERS TO THE RESCUE.
33CHAPTER III. HISTORY OF A LEAVENED CAKE OF MAIZE.
68BOOK ELEVENTH.
34CHAPTER IV. A TEAR FOR A DROP OF WATER.
69CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE SHOE.
35CHAPTER V. END OF THE STORY OF THE CAKE.
