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Quasimodo by Luc-Olivier Merson (1889). Quasimodo (from Quasimodo Sunday [1]) is a fictional character and the titular character of the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo. Quasimodo was born with a hunchback alongside several facial deformities and feared by the townspeople as a sort of monster, but he finds sanctuary in an ...
Quasimodo is the protagonist of Disney's 1996 animated feature film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He is the kind-hearted bell-ringer of Notre Dame, who was born with several deformities, possessing a hunched back among other physical abnormalities. Because of his appearance, he was condemned to...
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, lit. 'Our Lady of Paris', originally titled Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482) is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831.The title refers to the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which features prominently throughout the novel.It focuses on the unfortunate story of Quasimodo, the Roma street dancer Esmeralda and Quasimodo's guardian the ...
Quasimodo, title character, the deaf, pitiably ugly protagonist of Victor Hugo ’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831). He became a classic symbol of a courageous heart beneath a grotesque exterior. This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.
May 23, 2024 · The Hunchback of Notre Dame, historical novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in French in 1831 as Notre-Dame de Paris (“Our Lady of Paris”).. Plot summary. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is set in Paris during the 15th century. The story centres on Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, and his unrequited love for the beautiful dancer La Esmeralda.
Quasimodo is a young man with a hunchback who lives inside Notre Dame and works as the cathedral’s bell-ringer. Quasimodo is abandoned by his parents as a baby and swapped for the beautiful infant Esmeralda when Esmeralda’s mother leaves her unsupervised. Quasimodo is then put up for adoption in Paris and taken in by Claude Frollo, a young priest who later becomes the Archdeacon of Notre Dame.
Quasimodo is a fictional character in the novel Notre Dame de Paris (1831) by Victor Hugo. He is a 20-year-old deaf hunchback who lives in seclusion inside Notre Dame under the watch of the archdeacon Claude Frollo, who raised him since he was an infant. The young bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, aged 20.[1] "A terrible physique: A squared nose, a mouth like a horseshoe, a left eye obscured by a ...
During the 1482 Festival of Fools in Paris, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, is elected the Pope of Fools for being the ugliest person in Paris. He is hoisted on a throne and paraded around Paris by the jeering mob. Pierre Gringoire, a struggling poet and philosopher, tries unsuccessfully to get the crowd to watch his play instead of the ...
Jun 21, 1996 · The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Rating: G. Release Date: June 21, 1996. Genre: Action-Adventure, Animation, Family, Musical, Romance. Inspired by Victor Hugo's classic novel, Disney brings the heroic adventures of Quasimodo, the gentle and lonely bell ringer of Notre Dame, to spectacular life. At the urging of his hilarious gargoyle pals Victor ...
Quasimodo looked at him, was seized with a trembling, relaxed his grasp, and started back […] Quasimodo stood for a moment with bowed head, and then, falling on his knees before the door of the gypsy, said, "Monseigneur," in a tone of gravity and resignation, "kill me first, and do what you please afterward." (IX.VI.21-22) Old habits die hard.
