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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Author: Victor Hugo

Publisher: HarperCollins Publisher
ISBN: 9780007902132
Pages: 600
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‘Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.’

Set in medieval Paris, against the backdrop of the brooding Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Hugo’s 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.