Notre Dame de Paris (with VCD)

Author: Yueming Hao Su
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
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Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was the leader of the French Romantic literary movement. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is one of his representative works. Set against the backdrop of France under King Louis XI in 1482, the book follows the relationships between the Gypsy girl Esmeralda, the young and handsome captain of the guard, the hypocritical bishop, and the deformed, ugly bell ringer. It passionately praises the noble humanity of the Gypsy girl and the bell ringer while severely denouncing the hypocrisy and meanness of the captain and the bishop. The book offers brilliant descriptions of Notre-Dame Cathedral and Paris, fully showcasing the author's Romantic aesthetic vision.