Quasimodo facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Quasimodo Piotr |
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| The Hunchback of Notre-Dame character | |
Lon Chaney as Quasimodo and Patsy Ruth Miller as Esmeralda in the 1923 film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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| First appearance | The Hunchback Of Notre Dame |
| Created by | Victor Hugo |
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| Nickname(s) | the hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Occupation | Bell-ringer of Notre Dame cathedral |
| Family | Claude Frollo (adoptive father) |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Nationality | French |
Quasimodo (from Quasimodo Sunday) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo. Quasimodo was born with a hunchback and feared by the townspeople as a sort of monster, but he finds sanctuary in an unlikely love that is fulfilled only in death.
The role of Quasimodo has been played by many actors in film and stage adaptations, including Lon Chaney, Sr. (1923), Charles Laughton (1939) and Anthony Quinn (1956), as well as Tom Hulce in the 1996 Disney animated adaptation, and most recently Angelo Del Vecchio in the Notre Dame de Paris revival.
In 2010, a British researcher found evidence suggesting there was a real-life hunchbacked stone carver who worked at Notre Dame during the same period Victor Hugo was writing the novel and they may have even known each other.
Images for kids
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Esmeralda gives a drink to Quasimodo in one of Gustave Brion's illustrations
See also
In Spanish: Quasimodo para niños
