Four of the bailiff of the palaces sergeants, perfunctory guardians of all the pleasures of the people, on days of festival as well as on days of execution. Victor hugo foi o maior poeta romantico da franca e um dos seus maiores prosadores. In the vaulted gothic towers of notre dame cathedral lives quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Our lady of paris is a french gothic novel by victor hugo, published in 1831. Free books of french literature in english, pdf, epub, mobi, fb2, azw3, kindle. But if it wasnt for one french literary legend, victor hugo, and his bestselling book then its breathtaking legacy may well have vanished forever. Everything in the hunchback of notredame is a fascinating juxtaposition of the grotesque and the sublime the speech, the characters, the setting. The title refers to the notre dame cathedral in paris, on which the story is centered. Notredame of paris the hunchback of notre dame isbn. Oct 29, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The story begins on epiphany 6 january, 1482, the day of. However every other chapter covers the histories of the buildings of france. A historia e centrada na tragedia do corcunda quasimodo e da cigana esmeralda. In the vaulted gothic towers of notredame cathedral lives quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer.
It was january 6, 1482, and all paris was keeping the double festival of epiphany and the feast of. Download the hunchback of notre dame victor hugo pdf. The story reminds me of a film version i saw as a kid, and the story itself is very much demented from the disney. The lord of misrule was to be elected, and all who were. More commonly known as the hunchback of notredame, victor hugos romantic novel of dark passions and unrequited love in the vaulted gothic towers of notredame cathedral lives quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Though a committed conservative royalist when he was young, hugo grew more liberal as the decades passed. The grotesque hunchback quasimodo, bellringer of notredame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, claude frollo, who in turn is bound by a hopeless passion to the gypsy dancer esmeralda. This extraordinary historical novel, set in medieval paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of notredame, is the haunting drama of quasimodo, the hunchback. Our own great novelists work is fresher, healthier perhaps, more of the open air. The novel has been described as a key text in french literature and has been adapted for film over a dozen times, as well as numerous television and stage adaptations. Hugo provides great detail to the story he tells with emotion and great passion.
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