Jane Eyre, Notre-Dame de Paris

Author: Victor Hugo
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: The protagonist of this book is an ugly one-eyed bell ringer named Quasimodo, who deeply falls in love with the Gypsy girl Esmeralda. He even puts his adoptive father, who had shown him kindness, to death, and willingly lies beside her body, dying of love. In this book, the beautiful and kind-hearted Gypsy girl Esmeralda, while dancing in the square in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, attracts the attention of Claude Frollo, the auxiliary bishop of Notre-Dame, and stirs his evil, distorted lust. He then abducts Esmeralda with his adopted son, the ugly bell ringer Quasimodo. Unbeknownst to them, they are rescued by the royal guard Phoebus on the way. Esmeralda is thus captivated by his handsome appearance and falls deeply in love with him.