About the Book: Hunchback Notre Dame
"What he loved above all else in the maternal edifice, that which aroused his
soul, and made it open its poor wings... Was the Bells. He loved them, fondled
them, talked to them, understood them." on the night of the feast of fools,
Quasimodo, the deformed hunchback bellringer of Notre-Dame, tries to attack the
beautiful and compassionate gypsy street dancer, LA esmeralda, and is captured
by the kingdom archers. At his trial the following day, when he is publicly
flogged and begs for water, it is esmeralda who comes forward and offers him a
drink. Quasimodo falls for her. He