The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo is a dramatic historical novel set in fifteenth-century Paris, centered on the magnificent Notre-Dame Cathedral. The story follows Quasimodo, the cathedral’s deformed bell-ringer, the beautiful…

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo is a dramatic historical novel set in fifteenth-century Paris, centered on the magnificent Notre-Dame Cathedral. The story follows Quasimodo, the cathedral’s deformed bell-ringer, the beautiful Romani dancer Esmeralda, and the troubled archdeacon Claude Frollo, whose obsession with her leads to tragedy. Through their intertwined lives, Hugo explores love, prejudice, obsession, fate, and social injustice while celebrating the enduring power of compassion and human dignity.

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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo is a dramatic historical novel set in fifteenth-century Paris, centered on the magnificent Notre-Dame Cathedral. The story follows Quasimodo, the cathedral’s deformed bell-ringer, the beautiful Romani dancer Esmeralda, and the troubled archdeacon Claude Frollo, whose obsession with her leads to tragedy. Through their intertwined lives, Hugo explores love, prejudice, obsession, fate, and social injustice while celebrating the enduring power of compassion and human dignity.

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Published
10 September 2026
Format
Book
Extent
59 chapters
Language
EN
Chapters
59
Language
English
On Lithril
September 2026

Chapters

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  • 011. THE GRAND HALL.Read
  • 022. PIERRE GRINGOIRE.Read
  • 033. MONSIEUR THE CARDINAL.Read
  • 044. MASTER JACQUES COPPENOLE.Read
  • 055. QUASIMODO.Read
  • 066. ESMERALDA.Read
  • 077. FROM CHARYBDIS TO SCYLLA.Read
  • 088. THE PLACE DE GRÈVE.Read
  • 099. KISSES FOR BLOWS.Read
  • 1010. THE INCONVENIENCES OF FOLLOWING A PRETTY WOMANRead
  • 1111. RESULT OF THE DANGERS.Read
  • 1212. THE BROKEN JUG.Read
  • 1313. A BRIDAL NIGHT.Read
  • 1414. NOTRE-DAME.Read
  • 1515. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PARIS.Read
  • 1616. GOOD SOULS.Read
  • 1717. CLAUDE FROLLO.Read
  • 1818. _IMMANIS PECORIS CUSTOS, IMMANIOR IPSE_.Read
  • 1919. THE DOG AND HIS MASTER.Read
  • 2020. MORE ABOUT CLAUDE FROLLO.Read
  • 2121. UNPOPULARITY.Read
  • 2222. _ABBAS BEATI MARTINI_.Read
  • 2323. THIS WILL KILL THAT.Read
  • 2424. AN IMPARTIAL GLANCE AT THE ANCIENT MAGISTRACY.Read
  • 2525. THE RAT-HOLE.Read
  • 2626. HISTORY OF A LEAVENED CAKE OF MAIZE.Read
  • 2727. A TEAR FOR A DROP OF WATER.Read
  • 2828. END OF THE STORY OF THE CAKE.Read
  • 2929. THE DANGER OF CONFIDING ONE’S SECRET TO A GOAT.Read
  • 3030. A PRIEST AND A PHILOSOPHER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.Read
  • 3131. THE BELLS.Read
  • 3232. ἈΝÁΓΚΗ.Read
  • 3333. THE TWO MEN CLOTHED IN BLACK.Read
  • 3434. THE EFFECT WHICH SEVEN OATHS IN THE OPEN AIR CANRead
  • 3535. THE MYSTERIOUS MONK.Read
  • 3636. THE UTILITY OF WINDOWS WHICH OPEN ON THE RIVER.Read
  • 3737. THE CROWN CHANGED INTO A DRY LEAF.Read
  • 3838. CONTINUATION OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS CHANGED INTO ARead
  • 3939. END OF THE CROWN WHICH WAS TURNED INTO A DRY LEAF.Read
  • 4040. _LASCIATE OGNI SPERANZA_—LEAVE ALL HOPE BEHIND, YERead
  • 4141. THE MOTHER.Read
  • 4242. THREE HUMAN HEARTS DIFFERENTLY CONSTRUCTED.Read
  • 4343. DELIRIUM.Read
  • 4444. HUNCHBACKED, ONE EYED, LAME.Read
  • 4545. DEAF.Read
  • 4646. EARTHENWARE AND CRYSTAL.Read
  • 4747. THE KEY TO THE RED DOOR.Read
  • 4848. CONTINUATION OF THE KEY TO THE RED DOOR.Read
  • 4949. GRINGOIRE HAS MANY GOOD IDEAS IN SUCCESSION.—RUE DESRead
  • 5050. TURN VAGABOND.Read
  • 5151. LONG LIVE MIRTH.Read
  • 5252. AN AWKWARD FRIEND.Read
  • 5353. THE RETREAT IN WHICH MONSIEUR LOUIS OF FRANCE SAYS HISRead
  • 5454. LITTLE SWORD IN POCKET.Read
  • 5555. CHATEAUPERS TO THE RESCUE.Read
  • 5656. THE LITTLE SHOE.Read
  • 5757. THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURE CLAD IN WHITE. (Dante.)Read
  • 5858. THE MARRIAGE OF PHOEBUS.Read
  • 5959. THE MARRIAGE OF QUASIMODO.Read

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