The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Word Cloud Classics)

This historically significant novel of love and betrayal led to a renewed interest in preserving the grand architecture of Paris. Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written in 1831, at a time when the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was falling into disrepair. This epic novel helped spark a preservationist movement that led to the cathedral being restored to its full glory. Set in 1482, the story tells of how four men—the hunchbacked bell-ringer, Quasimodo; the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo; the dashing soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers; and the poet Pierre Gringoire—vie for the love of Esmeralda, a young Romani woman. As the story unfolds, readers come to realize that the focus of the story is not only on the human characters but on the grand cathedral itself.

• | Author: Victor Hugo
• | Publisher: Canterbury Classics
• | Publication Date: April 14, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 624 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Flexibound
• | ISBN-10: 1645171787
• | ISBN-13: 9781645171782