The Hunchback of Notre Dame facts for kids
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Victor Hugo et son temps (1881) |
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| Author | Victor Hugo |
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| Original title | Notre-Dame de Paris |
| Illustrator | Luc-Olivier Merson (original) |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Romanticism |
| Publisher | Gosselin |
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Publication date
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14 January 1831 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, "Our Lady of Paris") is a 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. It is set in 1482 in Paris, in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The story is about a poor Gypsy girl (Esmeralda) and a bell-ringer (Quasimodo) who was raised by the archdeacon (Claude Frollo).
, 1888 English translation by Isabel Florence Hapgood (plain text and HTML)
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