Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo (e reader for manga txt) 📕
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Esmeralda is a breathtaking beauty and attracts the attention of men all around her, including an actor, a captain, and an archdeacon, to whom she is of course forbidden. But because of a kindness she paid to him, there is one whose love for her is pure: the archdeacon’s bellringer. The actions of the archdeacon, who cannot control his lust for the young woman, ultimately draws all four men into her orbit, and his, with tragic consequences.
Hugo’s tragic novel is an ode to gothic architecture in general and that of Notre-Dame de Paris in particular. Hugo was upset both at the neglect of buildings like Notre-Dame, and the modernization of those that weren’t being neglected. By centering on the building, he was able to bring all classes into his story: from kings and nobles to bellringers and sewer rats. The first American translation changed the title to “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” shifting attention to the bellringer, but Hugo’s focus was always on Notre-Dame and the beautiful gothic architecture of Paris.
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The representation of a monstrous animal solemnly drawn about in Tarascon and other French towns. ↩
An arrow with a pyramidal head of iron and copper spiral wings by which a rotatory motion was communicated. ↩
The city of Cambrai is well dressed. Marafin plundered it. ↩
An ancient long measure in France, containing six feet and nearly five inches English measure. ↩
Master Jean Balue has lost sight of his bishoprics. Monsieur of Verdun has no longer one; all have been killed off. ↩
One in charge of the highways. ↩
A lord having a right on the woods of his vassals. ↩
When thou shalt find its mate, thy mother will stretch out her arms to thee. ↩
“The beautiful creature clad in white.” Dante. ↩
ColophonNotre-Dame de Paris
was published in 1831 by
Victor Hugo.
It was translated from French in 1888 by
Isabel F. Hapgood.
This ebook was produced for
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by
Vince Rice,
and is based on a transcription produced in 2001 by
Peter Snow Cao and David Widger
for
Project Gutenberg
and on digital scans available at
Google Books.
The cover page is adapted from
Notre Dame Seen from the Quai de la Tournelle,
a painting completed in 1902 by
Jean-François Raffaëlli.
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League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
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