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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris) is an 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. It is set in 1482 in Paris, in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The book tells the story of a poor barefoot Gypsy girl (La Esmeralda) and a misshapen bell-ringer (Quasimodo) who was raised by the archdeacon (Claude Frollo). The book was written as a statement to preserve the Notre Dame cathedral and not to 'modernize' it, as Hugo was thoroughly against this. Hugo began to... full article at wikipedia
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  • 1831
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  • 1995
  • 0486285642
  • 1995
  • 0517123754
  • 1981
  • 9780553212242
  • 1996
  • 0786862351
  • 1995
  • 1561386022
  • 2002
  • 1577658132
  • 1969
  • 9780451504609
  • 2001
  • 0451527887
  • 2006
  • 9781400102112
  • 1989
  • 9780861366026
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