LEADER 02048oam 2200301z- 450 001 9910160792203321 005 20230906203136.0 010 $a3-95676-170-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001027035 035 $a(BIP)051875559 035 $a(VLeBooks)9783956761706 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000001027035 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001027035 100 $a20210505c2015uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $aHunchback of Notre-Dame 210 $cOtbebookpublishing 215 $a1 online resource (608 p.) 330 8 $aThe story begins on the day of the Feast of Fools in Paris, France. Quasimodo, a deformed hunchback who is the bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, is introduced by his crowning as the Pope of Fools. Esmeralda, a beautiful Gypsy street dancer with a kind and generous heart, captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, a poor street poet, but especially those of Quasimodo and his adoptive father, Claude Frollo, the Archdeacon of Notre Dame. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust and the rules of the church. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her, but the hunchback is captured by Phoebus and his guards, who save Esmeralda. Gringoire, witnessing all this, accidentally trespasses into the Court of Miracles, home of the Truands (criminals of Paris). He was about to be hanged under the orders of Clopin Trouillefou, the King of Truands, until Esmeralda saved his life by marrying him. The following day, Quasimodo is sentenced to be flogged and turned on the pillory for one hour, followed by another hour's public exposure. He calls for water. Esmeralda, seeing his thirst, offers him a drink. It saves him, and she captures his heart...(Excerpt from Wikipedia) 606 $aReligious fiction, French$7Generated by AI 607 $aParis (France)$7Generated by AI 615 0$aReligious fiction, French 676 $a843/.7 700 $aHugo$b Victor$0444801 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910160792203321 996 $aHunchback of Notre-Dame$94178816 997 $aUNINA