The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
This extraordinary historical novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by the specter of his...
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This extraordinary historical novel, set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by the specter of his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work that gives full play to Victor Hugo's brilliant historical imagination and his remarkable powers of description.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451527882 (0451527887)
Publish date: April 10th 2001
Publisher: Signet Classics
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
by Victor Hugo This Classic was originally written in French and I've found that the translation does make a difference. I have a paperback copy from Penguin, translated by John Sturrock and my first impression was that the writing was very poetic, but I got the free Kindle version from Gutenberg ...
Jest taka bajka, do której będę wciąż powracać przy tej recenzji. Bowiem jest ona trochę związana z książki. Mogę nawet stwierdzić, że jest ona na podstawie tej konkretnej książki. Mówię o "Dzwonniku z Notre Dame", którego widziałam w dzieciństwie, lekko się już zatarł w pamięci, ale podczas lektury...
Different from what I expected.
Quanto amore, Victor!Parigi respira nelle tue parole. La tua amata Parigi, “... È di quelle città che debbono necessariamente essere capitale: sono come dei bacini dove tutti i versanti geografici, politici, morali, intellettuali di una nazione si scaricano, verso cui tutto un popolo naturalmente gr...
[recenzja również na: swiatyzpolki.blogspot.com] "Jeśli przyszłaś z piekła - pójdę za tobą do piekła." Każdemu obiła się o uszy animacja Disney'a pod tytułem Dzwonnik z Notre Dame. Pewnie niektórzy wiedzą, że bajka powstała na bazie utworu Hugo, którego tytuł w polskim tłumaczeniu to: Katedra Marii ...