About the Book: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
La Esmeralda, a beautiful dame of mysterious origin, travels from one
misadventure to another - abduction, trial, torture, attempted hanging. She
finds her long-lost mother only to be snatched away for the gallows. The task of
saving her from the hands of the executioner falls on the misshapen, and ugly
Quasimode. The plot is set in medieval Paris with the author's typically
imaginative insight.
About the Author: Victor Hugo
Born in 1802 in Besancon, France, Victor Hugo was a celebrated French poet,
novelist and dramatist, whose life spanned some of the most turbulent periods in
French history. His work touches upon