![]() ![]() Hugo vividly depicts medieval Paris, where all life is dominated by the massive cathedral. These disreputable truands' night-time assault on the cathedral is one of the most spectacular set-pieces of Romantic literature. Behind the central figures moves a pageant of picturesque characters, ranging from the cruel, superstitious king, Louis XI, to the underworld of beggars and petty criminals. She, meanwhile, is bewitched by a handsome, empty-headed officer, but by an unthinking act of kindness wins Quasimodo's selfless devotion. The grotesque hunchback Quasimodo, bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, owes his life to the austere archdeacon, Claude Frollo, who in turn is bound by a hopeless passion to the gypsy dancer Esmeralda. Three extraordinary characters caught in a web of fatal obsession are at the centre of Hugo's novel. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series. ![]()
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