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The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a novel by Victor Hugo that was first published in 1831 (as Notre-Dame de Paris ). One of the first great novels of the Romantic era, it has entertained generations of readers with its powerfully melodramatic story of Quasimodo, the hunchback who lives in the bell tower of medieval Paris’s most famous cathedral.
During the 1482 Festival of Fools in Paris, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, is elected the Pope of Fools for being the ugliest person in Paris. He is hoisted on a throne and paraded around Paris by the jeering mob. Pierre Gringoire, a struggling poet and philosopher, tries unsuccessfully to get the crowd to watch his play instead of the ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated musical comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon, the film is loosely based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name, but changed most of its substance to make it more family-friendly. The ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Directed by William Dieterle. With Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Maureen O'Hara. In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
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Jan 15, 2010 · Notre Dame, the great cathedral of central Paris, gave Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel its original title. We in the English-speaking world know the book as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and tend to focus on the character of Quasimodo, the bell-ringer whose physical deformities conceal a brave and kind heart. The reason for the confusion of titles is ...
An animated Disney adventure follows disfigured Quasimodo (Tom Hulce), the bell-ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, who bides his time locked away in a tower. With only gargoyles to keep him company ...
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Aug 15, 2019 · When one thinks of writers who are geniuses at fictionalizing the history of a people, the first who comes to mind might be Leo Tolstoy, but Victor Hugo certainly belongs in the conversation. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a French Romantic/Gothic novel by Victor Hugo published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
