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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Mass market paperbound - 2010

by Victor Hugo; Walter J. Cobb (Translator); Introduction by Bradley Stephens

Here is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, the work gives full play to the author's brilliant imagination. Revised reissue.


About this book

Victor Hugo’s famous French Gothic novel, Notre-Dame de Paris (also called The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), was originally published in 1831. It is set in Paris during the 15th century. It follows Quasimodo, a disabled bell-ringer, on his quest for love from the beautiful dancer, Esmerelda. The first edition, titled Notre-Dame de Paris, was written in French and published by Gosselin on the 16th of March, 1831, in Paris, France. Since then, the novel has been through numerous editions and has been translated to many different languages. Notre-Dame de Paris has also been adapted into many various film, television, and theatre productions since conception.


Summary

Here is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work that gives full play to the author's brilliant imagination.



From the publisher

The complete and unabridged translation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The setting of this extraordinary historical novel is medieval Paris: a city of vividly intermingled beauty and ugliness, surging with violent life under the two towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre Dame. Against this background, Victor Hugo unfolds the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by the specter of his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work that gives full play to the author's brilliant imagination and his remarkable powers of description. Translated By Walter J. Cobb
With an Introduction by Bradley Stephens
And an Afterword by Graham Robb

From the jacket flap

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Abandoned as a baby and raised in the cathedral of Notre Dame, the hunchback Quasimodo lives as an outcast. The arrival of the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda begins a tragic series of events marked by jealousy, betrayal, and murder. Find out what happens to Quasimodo and Esmeralda in this vivid retelling of Victor Hugos classic in graphic novel format.
Graphic Classics Available from Barrons: The Hunchback of Notre Dame * Kidnapped * Journey to the Center of the Earth * Moby Dick * Oliver Twist * Treasure Island

First Edition Identification

The first edition of Notre-Dame de Paris was published in Paris, France by Gosselin on March 16, 1831. 

The first English edition, translated by Frederic Shoberl, was published in 1833 by Richard Bentley in London. It includes an illustrated title page and frontispiece. 

The first US edition was published in 1834 by Carey Lea Blanchard in Philadelphia. There were just 1000 copies printed of this two-volume set. 


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  • Title The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
  • Author Victor Hugo; Walter J. Cobb (Translator); Introduction by Bradley Stephens
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Pages 528
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Signet Book
  • Date 2010-03-02
  • ISBN 9780451531513 / 0451531515
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.4 in (17.02 x 10.41 x 3.56 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 580
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress subjects People with disabilities, Romances
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About the author

Born in 1802, the son of a high officer in Napoleon's army, Victor Hugo spent his childhood against a background of military life in Elba, Corsica, Naples, and Madrid. After the Napoleonic defeat, the Hugo family settled in straitened circumstances in Paris, where, at the age of fifteen, Victor Hugo commenced his literary career with a poem submitted to a contest sponsored by the Acadmie Franaise. Twenty-four years later, Hugo was elected to the Acadmie, having helped revolutionize French literature with his poems, plays, and novels. Entering politics, he won a seat in the National Assembly in 1848; but in 1851, he was forced to flee the country because of his opposition to Louis Napoleon. In exile on the Isle of Guernsey, he became a symbol of French resistance to tyranny; upon his return to Paris after the Revolution of 1870, he was greeted as a national hero. He continued to serve in public life and to write with unabated vigor until his death in 1885. He was buried in the Pantheon with every honor the French nation could bestow.
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