The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Set in 1482, Victor Hugo's powerful novel of 'imagination,caprice and fantasy' is a meditation on love, fate, architecture and politics, as well as a compelling recreation of the medieval world at the dawn of the modern age.
　　In a brilliant reworking of the tale of Beauty and the Beast, Hugo creates a host of unforgettable characters - amongst them,Quasimodo, the hunchback of the title, hopelessly in love with the gypsy girl Esmeralda, the satanic priest Claude Frollo, Clopin Trouillefou, king of the beggars, and Louis XI, King of France.Over the entire novel, both literally and symbolically, broods the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
　　Vivid characters and memorable set-piece action scenes combine to bring the past to life in this story of love, lust,betraval, doom and redemption.

Book Description
The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.

Set in 1482, this work is a compelling story of love and betrayal, brutal deeds and one of the most famous acts of revenge in world literature. The novel is set in the great cathedral of Notre-Dame and influenced the Romantic movement.

b>From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9. These visually appealing abridgments of classic titles make fairly difficult and complex novels accessible to a junior high audience. Virtually all kids are aware of Disney's not-so-ugly Quasimodo as the hunchbacked bell ringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral in 15th-century hang-'em-high Paris, and many will have seen some film version of Dracula. Massively trimmed, these retellings have brief, readable chapters; the violence is toned down and the eroticism erased. Competent illustrators bring visual unity to the presentations. Beginning with table-of-contents pages that feature portraits of the casts of characters, the books then devote a few pages to setting the place and mood of the tales. Two-page spreads of text and drawings are framed by related facts and illustrated with details from paintings, photographs, and even movie stills, all of which provide fascinating geographical, historical, and archaeological tidbits. These heavily illustrated books are guaranteed to give young people a leg up on high school and college English classes with their vivid re-creations of cruel, horrific, and romantic European worlds.?John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX

From Library Journal
Hugo's standard is being reprinted to tie in with the Disney animated feature. Though the average kid is not likely to wade through this epic, Hyperion's illustrated edition is actually quite nice if you're looking for a quality hardcover at a good price.

From Kirkus Reviews
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (40 pp.; $15.95; Sept. 1997; 0-531- 30055-2): A storybook retelling of Hugo's classic of the lonely bellringer and his hopeless love for the beautiful gypsy girl, Esmerelda, whom he rescues from hanging and the evil archdeacon Dom Frollo and reunites with her mother. While remaining relatively faithful to the original, this version from Wynne- Jones (The Maestro, 1996, etc.) is always competent, but never compelling. Slavin creates lovely illustrations, but his pale washes leave even the most festive scenes sedate. The volume lacks power or emotion; adults seeking an alternative--any alternative--to the Disney film may find that this one hardly competes for the hearts and minds of the target audience. (Fiction. 5-8)

From AudioFile
Set in fifteenth-century Paris, Hugo's powerful novel evokes medieval life as it tells of the doomed love of Quasimodo, the grotesque bell-ringer at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, for Esmeralda, the beautiful gypsy. Bill Homewood's vibrant performance captures the passion of Hugo's characters in his spellbinding narration. Whether he's thundering Frollo's lust or bellowing Quasimodo's despair, Homewood's strong voice reveals the emotions of the characters with skill and confidence. Fine liner notes include information about Hugo and a list of the classical music skillfully selected for the narrative transitions. P.B.J.

Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

BOOK ONE
　1 The Great Hall
　2 Pierre Gringoire
　3 The Cardinal
　4 Master Jacques Coppenole
　5 Ouasimodo
　6 Eameralda
BOOK TWO
　1 From Charybdis into Scylla
　2 The Place de Greve
　3 Kisses for Blows
　4 The Danger ofFoUowing a Pretty Woman in the Sweets by Night
　5 Continuation of the Danger The Broken Jug
　7 A Wedding Night
BOOK THREE
　1 The Cathedral of Notre-Dame
　2 A Bird's-Eye View of Paris
BOOK FOUR
　1 Good, Honest Souls
　2 Claude Frollo
　3 Immanis Pecoris Custos, Immanior Ipse
　4 The Dog and his Master
　5 Claude Frollo, Continued
　6 Unpopularity
BOOK FIVE
　1 Abbas BeatiMartini
　2 One Shall Destroy the Other
BOOK SIX
　1 An Impartial Glance at the Ancient Magistracy
　2 The Rat Hole
　3 The Story of a Wheaten Cake
　4 A Tearfir a Drop of Water
　5 End of the Story of the Cake
BOOK SEVEN
　1 On the Danger of Confiding One's Secret to a Goat
　2 Showing that a Priest and a Philosopher are Different Persons
　3 The Bells
　4 'Avaykn
　5 The Two Men in Black
　6 The Effect which Seven Oaths Produce in the Open Air
　7 The Spectre Monk
　8 The Advantage of Windows Overlooking the River
BOOK EIGHT
　1 The Crown Changed into a Withered Leaf
　2 Continuation of the Crown Changed into a Withered Leaf
　3 The End of the Crown Changed into a Withered Leaf
　4 'Leave All Hope Behind'
　5 The Mother
　6 Three Human Hearts Differently Constituted
BOOK NINE
　1 Delirium
　2 Hunchbacked, One-eyed, Lame
　3 Deaf
　4 Earthenware and Crystal
　5 The Key of the Red Door
　6 Sequel to the Key of the Red Door
BOOK TEN
　1 Gringoire has a Succession of Bright Ideas in the Rue des Bernardins
　2 Turn Vagabond/
　3 Long Live Mirth/
　4 An Awkward Friend
　5 The Retreat in which Monsieur Louis of France says his Prayers
　6 The Password
　7 Chateaupers to the Rescue
BOOK ELEVEN
　1 The Little Shoe
　2 The Beautiful Creature Clad in White
　3 The Marriage of Phoebus
　4 The Marriage of Quasimodo