The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Zusatztext HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved! essential classics. '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. Informationen zum Autor Victor Marie Hugo (1802–1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement and is considered one of the greatest French writers. Hugo’s best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchbak of Notre-Dame, 1831, both of which have had several adaptations for stage and screen. Klappentext HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Zusammenfassung HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved! essential classics.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Hugo
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9780007902132
• ISBN: 978-0-00-790213-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 181 mm x 45 mm
• Series: Collins Classics; Collins Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Romance / Multicultural & Interracial, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Myth & legend told as fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Classic fiction: general and literary, tragic;Paris