The Hunchback of NotreDame - Abridged Author:Victor Hugo, Lowell Bair (Translator) Before a huge crowd that packed the cathedral square, Esmeralda stood between two executioners. Suddenly Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, rushed at the executioners and felled them with his enormous fists. He snatched the gypsy girl in one arm and ran into the church. A moment later he appeared at the top of the bell tower. Holding the gi... more »rl above his head, he showed her triumphantly to all of Paris while his thunderous voice roared savagely to the sky: "Sanctuary! Sanctuary! Sanctuary!"
Set amid the riot, intrigue and pageantry of medieval Paris, Victor Hugo's masterful tale of heroism and adventure has been a perennial favorite since its first publication in 1831 and remains to this day one of the most thrilling stories of all time.« less
Kristen C. reviewed The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Abridged) on
A completethe book is not surprise to me bc the book is not like the Disney movie. Hugo writes well and Im glad i took the time to read this. It's an easy read and I plan on trying Les miserables bc of it.