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Author: Mark Twain
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: World Classic Literature Series. Esmeralda, the beautiful and kind Romani girl, lives freely in the square. The Vice Bishop of Notre-Dame Cathedral is captivated by Esmeralda's beauty, and his repressed feelings of asceticism stir, leading him to fall madly in love with her. He uses every means to possess Esmeralda, and under the domination of his sinful desires, his pursuit turns into persecution. Meanwhile, the outwardly ugly Quasimodo heroically saves Esmeralda when she is taken to the gallows. The plot is bizarre and full of drama. The author uses "soul and heart" to shape characters and "imagination, changeability, and fantasy" to forge the work, elevating this novel to the pinnacle of Romanticism.