![]() ![]() The characters come to life: the poet Gringoire, the tormented priest Claude Frollo, the fun-loving captain Phoebus and above all Quasimodo and Esmeralda themselves. ![]() Yet, set against the massive background of Notre Dame de Paris and interwoven with the sacred and secular life of medieval France, it takes on a larger perspective. Quasimodo’s doomed love for the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda is an example of the traditional love theme of beauty and the beast. In the grotesque bell-ringer Quasimodo, Victor Hugo created one of the most vivid characters in classic fiction. Audio Sample Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame ![]()
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