Hunchback of Notre Dame

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• Publisher: Sovereign
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781910343487
• Edition: 0

"e;The Hunchback of Notre Dame"e; by Victor Hugo is a captivating tale set in 15th-century Paris that explores themes of love, beauty, and the human capacity for both compassion and cruelty. This tragic novel takes readers into the heart of the vibrant city and immerses them in a world of religious fervor, social inequality, and the power of fate. The story revolves around Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral. Abandoned as a baby and raised within the confines of the cathedral, Quasimodo's grotesque appearance conceals a gentle soul and a profound love for the ethereal gypsy dancer, Esmeralda. As Quasimodo becomes infatuated with Esmeralda, a beautiful and free-spirited young woman, he finds himself embroiled in a web of love, desire, and tragedy. Esmeralda, pursued by the dashing Captain Phoebus and the tormented Archdeacon Claude Frollo, becomes the center of a conflict that exposes the dark underbelly of society, the hypocrisy of religious institutions, and the plight of the outcasts.

Table of contents

• PREFACE
• VOLUME I.
• BOOK FIRST.
• CHAPTER I. THE GRAND HALL.
• CHAPTER II. PIERRE GRINGOIRE.
• CHAPTER III. MONSIEUR THE CARDINAL.
• CHAPTER IV. MASTER JACQUES COPPENOLE.
• CHAPTER V. QUASIMODO.
• CHAPTER VI. ESMERALDA.
• BOOK SECOND.
• CHAPTER I. FROM CHARYBDIS TO SCYLLA.
• CHAPTER II. THE PLACE DE GREVE.
• CHAPTER III. KISSES FOR BLOWS.
• CHAPTER IV. THE INCONVENIENCES OF FOLLOWING A PRETTY WOMAN THROUGH THE
• CHAPTER V. RESULT OF THE DANGERS.
• CHAPTER VI. THE BROKEN JUG.
• CHAPTER VII. A BRIDAL NIGHT.
• BOOK THIRD.
• CHAPTER I. NOTRE-DAME.
• CHAPTER II. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PARIS.
• BOOK FOURTH.
• CHAPTER I. GOOD SOULS.
• CHAPTER II. CLAUDE FROLLO.
• CHAPTER III. IMMANIS PECORIS CUSTOS, IMMANIOR IPSE.
• CHAPTER IV. THE DOG AND HIS MASTER.
• CHAPTER V. MORE ABOUT CLAUDE FROLLO.
• CHAPTER VI. UNPOPULARITY.
• BOOK FIFTH.
• CHAPTER I. ABBAS BEATI MARTINI.
• CHAPTER II. THIS WILL KILL THAT.
• BOOK SIXTH.
• CHAPTER I. AN IMPARTIAL GLANCE AT THE ANCIENT MAGISTRACY.
• CHAPTER II. THE RAT-HOLE.
• CHAPTER III. HISTORY OF A LEAVENED CAKE OF MAIZE.
• CHAPTER IV. A TEAR FOR A DROP OF WATER.
• CHAPTER V. END OF THE STORY OF THE CAKE.
• BOOK SEVENTH
• VOLUME II.
• CHAPTER I. THE DANGER OF CONFIDING ONE’S SECRET TO A GOAT.
• CHAPTER II. A PRIEST AND A PHILOSOPHER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
• CHAPTER III. THE BELLS.
• CHAPTER IV. ANArKH.
• CHAPTER V. THE TWO MEN CLOTHED IN BLACK.
• CHAPTER VI. THE EFFECT WHICH SEVEN OATHS IN THE OPEN AIR CAN PRODUCE.
• CHAPTER VII. THE MYSTERIOUS MONK.
• CHAPTER VIII. THE UTILITY OF WINDOWS WHICH OPEN ON THE RIVER.
• BOOK EIGHTH.
• CHAPTER I. THE CROWN CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF.
• CHAPTER II. CONTINUATION OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF.
• CHAPTER III. END OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS TURNED INTO A DRY LEAF.
• CHAPTER IV. LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA—LEAVE ALL HOPE BEHIND, YE WHO
• CHAPTER V. THE MOTHER.
• CHAPTER VI. THREE HUMAN HEARTS DIFFERENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
• BOOK NINTH.
• CHAPTER I. DELIRIUM.
• CHAPTER II. HUNCHBACKED, ONE EYED, LAME.
• CHAPTER III. DEAF.
• CHAPTER IV. EARTHENWARE AND CRYSTAL.
• CHAPTER V. THE KEY TO THE RED DOOR.
• CHAPTER VI. CONTINUATION OF THE KEY TO THE RED DOOR.
• BOOK TENTH.
• CHAPTER I. GRINGOIRE HAS MANY GOOD IDEAS IN SUCCESSION.—RUE DES
• CHAPTER II. TURN VAGABOND.
• CHAPTER III. LONG LIVE MIRTH.
• CHAPTER IV. AN AWKWARD FRIEND.
• CHAPTER V. THE RETREAT IN WHICH MONSIEUR LOUIS OF FRANCE SAYS HIS
• CHAPTER VI. LITTLE SWORD IN POCKET.
• CHAPTER VII. CHATEAUPERS TO THE RESCUE.
• BOOK ELEVENTH.
• CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE SHOE.
• CHAPTER II. THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURE CLAD IN WHITE. (Dante.)
• CHAPTER III. THE MARRIAGE OF PHOEBUS.
• CHAPTER IV. THE MARRIAGE OF QUASIMODO.
• NOTE