Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy street dancer, arouses the desire of men, especially of Claude Frollo, the archdeacon of Notre Dame ... Arrested by Phoebus, the hunchback is condemned to be flogged ...

Quasimodo grew up under the protection of the Abbott of Notre Dame He never left the church because people did not like him and he did not like people until he saw the pretty gypsy Esmeralda ...

In 15th-century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen but gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister ...

After releasing his pamphlet, Hugo in 1831 published his novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame," known as "Notre-Dame de Paris" in French. The novel was an immediate success. Not only did it make ...

A previous restoration in the early 1800s followed the publication of Victor Hugo's novel, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", which revived interest in the ancient cathedral. Drawings made at the time ...

Better known in English as the Hunchback of Notre-Dame, the novel’s huge success in celebrating the cathedral’s architecture ultimately created momentum for a massive restoration at the hands ...