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“Great value masterpieces wonderfully presented for kindle” Literary ClassicsIncludes complete and unabridged the full length novels:THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME FRANKENSTEINThe Definitive Edition of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME-Illustrated with stunning illustrations -Complete, unabridged, and formatted for kindle to improve your reading experience-Linked table of contents to reach your chapter quickly“Jealousy, loneliness, and unrequited love all play a part in this moving human drama, set against the towering backdrop of a timeless Parisian landmark.” Daily Lit“This is definitely my favourite classic, I loved the dark atmosphere of the book, and the setting being Notre-Dame, which is one of my favourite places in Paris. It's not entirely dark and horrible, there are times when it can be humorous, but it's brutal in terms of showing what obsession can become when it's misunderstood as love and the true form of love shown by other characters.” Leah“I read and reread this for as much as I can, I love it that much. Set in 15th century Paris, it's unlike any other classic. “ KristinTHE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME is one of the most exciting and beautiful gothic love stories and adventures of all time. Presented in a beautiful edition specially designed for kindle, this is Hugo’s masterpiece which will stay with you forever. Esmerelda, a Gypsy girl, captures the heart of Quasimodo, who lives hidden away in the bell towers of Notre Dame. This is a thrilling tale of love, betrayal, and redemption. ALSO INCLUDED: Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', the tale of one of literature's other great misunderstood monsters

5/28/2013: Fix text alignment.Victor Marie Hugo, February 26th 1802 - May 22nd 1885, is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers in the world. Many of his books, including best-known works, Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831, have been translated into different languages and made into many films.The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, "Our Lady of Paris") is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, on which the story is centered. The cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, on the Ile de la Cite in the river Seine, is one of the jewels of the French capital and one of Europe's masterpieces of Gothic architecture. This touching loving story shows us the true love from one's heart can never be replaced by anything in the world.

A few years ago, while visiting or, rather, rummaging about Notre-Dame, the author of this book found, in an obscure nook of one of the towers, the following word, engraved by hand upon the wall:— ANANKE.These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what signs peculiar to Gothic caligraphy imprinted upon their forms and upon their attitudes, as though with the purpose of revealing that it had been a hand of the Middle Ages which had inscribed them there, and especially the fatal and melancholy meaning contained in them, struck the author deeply.He questioned himself; he sought to divine who could have been that soul in torment which had not been willing to quit this world without leaving this stigma of crime or unhappiness upon the brow of the ancient church.Afterwards, the wall was whitewashed or scraped down, I know not which, and the inscription disappeared. For it is thus that people have been in the habit of proceeding with the marvellous churches of the Middle Ages for the last two hundred years. Mutilations come to them from every quarter, from within as well as from without. The priest whitewashes them, the archdeacon scrapes them down; then the populace arrives and demolishes them.Thus, with the exception of the fragile memory which the author of this book here consecrates to it, there remains to-day nothing whatever of the mysterious word engraved within the gloomy tower of Notre-Dame,—nothing of the destiny which it so sadly summed up. The man who wrote that word upon the wall disappeared from the midst of the generations of man many centuries ago; the word, in its turn, has been effaced from the wall of the church; the church will, perhaps, itself soon disappear from the face of the earth.It is upon this word that this book is founded.March, 1831.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris) is an 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. It is set in 1482 in Paris, in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris. The book tells the story of a poor barefoot Gypsy girl (La Esmeralda) and a misshapen bell-ringer (Quasimodo) who was raised by the Archdeacon (Claude Frollo). The book was written as a statement to preserve the Notre Dame cathedral and not to 'modernize' it, as Hugo was thoroughly against this.The story begins during the Renaissance in 1482, the day of the Festival of Fools in Paris. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer, is introduced by his crowning as Pope of Fools.Esméralda, a beautiful 16-year-old gypsy with a kind and generous heart, captures the hearts of many men but especially Quasimodo’s adopted father, Claude Frollo. Frollo is torn between his lust and the rules of the church. He orders Quasimodo to get her. Quasimodo is caught and whipped and ordered to be tied down in the heat. Esméralda seeing his thirst, offers him water. It saves her, for she captures the heart of the hunchback.

Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugo’s powerful historical romance The Hunchback of Notre-Dame has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral’s tower. When a crowd of Parisian peasants, misunderstanding Quasimodo’s motives, attacks the church in an attempt to liberate her, the story ends in tragedy.

The Definitive Edition of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME-Illustrated with stunning illustrations -Complete, unabridged, and formatted for kindle to improve your reading experience-Linked table of contents to reach your chapter quickly“Jealousy, loneliness, and unrequited love all play a part in this moving human drama, set against the towering backdrop of a timeless Parisian landmark.” Daily Lit“This is definitely my favourite classic, I loved the dark atmosphere of the book, and the setting being Notre-Dame, which is one of my favourite places in Paris. It's not entirely dark and horrible, there are times when it can be humorous, but it's brutal in terms of showing what obsession can become when it's misunderstood as love and the true form of love shown by other characters.” Leah“I read and reread this for as much as I can, I love it that much. Set in 15th century Paris, it's unlike any other classic. “ KristinTHE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME is one of the most exciting and beautiful gothic love stories and adventures of all time. Presented in a beautiful edition specially designed for kindle, this is Hugo’s masterpiece which will stay with you forever. Esmerelda, a Gypsy girl, captures the heart of Quasimodo, who lives hidden away in the bell towers of Notre Dame. This is a thrilling tale of love, betrayal, and redemption.