Quasimodo is a fictional character in the novel Notre Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (1831) by Victor Hugo.
Quasimodo was born with physical deformities, which Hugo describes as a huge wart that covers his left eye and a severely hunched back. He is found abandoned in Notre Dame (on the foundlings' bed, where orphans and unwanted children are left to public charity) on Quasimodo Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter, by the archdeaco...
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Quasimodo is a fictional character in the novel Notre Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (1831) by Victor Hugo.
Quasimodo was born with physical deformities, which Hugo describes as a huge wart that covers his left eye and a severely hunched back. He is found abandoned in Notre Dame (on the foundlings' bed, where orphans and unwanted children are left to public charity) on Quasimodo Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter, by the archdeacon Claude Frollo, who adopts the baby, names him after the day the baby was found, and brings him up to be the bell-ringer of the cathedral. Due to the loud ringing of the bells, Quasimodo also becomes deaf. Although he is hated for his deformity, it is revealed that he is fairly kind at heart.
Looked upon by the general populace of Paris as a monster, Quasimodo later falls in love with the beautiful Gypsy girl Esmeralda and rescues her when she is entangled in an attempted murder. However, Quasimodo is never loved by Esmeralda, the main theme...
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