{"product_id":"the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-introduction-by-jean-marc-hovasse-hardcover","title":"The Hunchback of Notre-Dame: Introduction by Jean-Marc Hovasse - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJean-Marc Hovasse\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugo's grand medieval melodrama tells the story of the beautiful Esmeralda, a gypsy girl loved by three men: Archdeacon Frollo, his adoptive son Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame cathedral, and Captain Phoebus. Falsely accused of trying to murder Phoebus, who attempts to rape her, Esmeralda is sentenced to death and rescued from the gallows by Quasimodo who defends her to the last. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe subject of many adaptations for stage and screen, this remains perhaps one of the most romantic yet gripping stories ever told. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic of a whole people, with a cast of characters that ranges from the king of France to the beggars who inhabit the Parisian sewers, and at their center the massive figure--a character in itself--of the great Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer of the cathedral; his foster father, the tormented archdeacon Frollo; and the beautiful and doomed Gypsy Esmeralda are caught up in a tragedy that still speaks clearly to us of revolution and social strife, of destiny and free will, and of love and loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only widely available hardcover edition of Victor Hugo's masterful historical novel of medieval Paris--one of the most beloved of world classics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVICTOR HUGO (1802-1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, artist, statesman, and human rights activist, best known for his novels \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables and Nôtre-Dame de Paris \u003c\/i\u003e(translated into English as \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e JEAN-MARC HOVASSE is the author of a biography of Victor Hugo and Director of the Center for the Study of Correspondence and Diaries at the University of Brest, France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction by Jean-Marc Hovasse\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 504\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8.15 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754213146912,"sku":"9780307957818","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dfd2551bd563d998a4416a31799da1c9.webp?v=1780035823","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-introduction-by-jean-marc-hovasse-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}