雨果的第一部长篇小说、第一部大型浪漫主义小说。在小说中,雨果以引人入胜的生花妙笔,描述了爱丝美拉达、卡希魔多和弗罗洛等几个主要人物命运间的纠结、冲突、毁灭,讲述了一个发生在15世纪法国巴黎的富于传奇色彩的悲剧性故事,艺术性地再现了法王路易十一统治时期的法国历史现实。本书对巴黎圣母院及巴黎的评述非常精彩,充分展示了作者的浪漫主义美学观。
One of the great Romantic novels of all time,The Hunchback of Notre.Dame brings medieval Paris to glorious, teeming, life.
It tells the story of Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral and his devotion to the beautiful gypsy dancer, La Esmeralda. When the demented archdeacon Frollo sets out to abduct La Esmeralda, he uses Quasimodo to do the evil deed on his behalf. But the plan has unforeseen consequences andthe innocent Esmeralda is charged with the murder of Phoebus, the man she was in love with.
Quasimodo, now utterly devoted to Esmeralda, determines to protect her, not only from Frollo, but from the band of gypsies who have come to reclaim her. His transformation from her captor to her saviour leads to some of the most dramatic,unforgettable scenes in literature. Dominated by the Gothic architecture of Paris"s magnificent cathedral, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is the epitome of French romantic literature.