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Chapters 1—11

Hugo begins The Hunchback of Notre Dame with a detailed account of the life and culture of fifteenth-century Paris. There is to be a royal wedding, and the city is alive with performances and pomp. One of the main characters is introduced in the person of Pierre Gringoire, a poet and playwright, whose drama is presented amidst noise and many interruptions.

One of those interruptions is caused by La Esmeralda, a woman whose beauty attracts crowds and cheers. After the play is finally abandoned, Gringoire follows La Esmeralda, watches her dance, and later witnesses Quasimodo attempting to kidnap her. Claude Frollo has prompted Quasimodo to take the woman back to the cathedral. When Gringoire tries to rescue La Esmeralda, Quasimodo hits him and knocks him out. In the meantime, the handsome captain of the king's archers, Phoebus, arrests Quasimodo as Frollo sneaks away.

Chapters 12—20

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

3,156 words, approx. 11 pages

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victo Hugo The poet, novelist, and dramatist Victor Hugo was born in 1802, a decade after the end of the French monarchy. He was a child during the dictatorship of N... Read more

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Victor Marie Hugo, Vicomte

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The French author Victor Marie, Vicomte Hugo (1802-1885), was the supreme poet of French romanticism. He is noted for the breadth of his creation, the versatility that made him as much at ease in the ... Read more

Victor Hugo

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When Victor Hugo died in 1885 at the age of eighty-three, one million mourners gathered in the streets of Paris to see his corpse borne to the Pantheon. Buried with honors usually reserved for heads o... Read more

Victor (Marie) Hugo

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No century of French literature has been better represented by a single author than the nineteenth, and no writer better personifies the French nineteenth century than Victor Hugo. His life span corre... Read more

Victor (Marie) Hugo

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Victor Hugo, one of France's most prolific nineteenth-century authors, wrote novels, poems, and dramatic works. His career as a playwright began in 1816 and ended almost sixty years later. The dramas ... Read more

Victor (Marie) Hugo

14,645 words, approx. 49 pages

On 22 May 1885 Victor Hugo died, prompting international mourning unprecedented for a literary figure. Within an hour the periodical Gil Blas published a special edition, which sold out everywhere, a... Read more

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Paradox and Irony in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

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Writing good literature is a creative art and, with any creative effort, good tools are absolutely necessary. Figurative or literal, effective use of tools shape a piece to its beauty. Victor Hugo ... Read more

The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Fate, Destiny, and Free Will

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Culture can best be defined as a way of life or the customs and beliefs of others. Throughout history authors have been known to display their own culture through their novels and other works. Many... Read more

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, An Analysis of the 1939 Film

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In the 1939 film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, adapted from the novel written by Victor Hugo, the themes are obvious in numerous scenes of the film; however, in other scenes themes are hidden to eyes ... Read more

The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Critical Book Review

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Plot The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a tragic story of love between four ignorant characters. Quasimodo, a deformed, unwanted infant, is left as a foundling in the Notre Dame Cathedral. Archdeacon C... Read more

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