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"Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written in 1831, at a time when the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was falling into disrepair. This epic novel helped spark a preservationist movement that led to the cathedral being restored to its full glory. Set in 1482, the story tells of how four men-the hunchbacked bell-ringer, Quasimodo; the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo; the dashing soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers; and the poet Pierre...
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Adventures of Wishbone volume 5
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During a fast-paced roller hockey game in which an awkward boy is humiliated by the other players, Wishbone imagines himself as Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, who defeats his enemies and saves the life of a beautiful gypsy.
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Powieść historyczna francuskiego pisarza Wiktora Hugo Dzwonnik z Notre Dame należy do ścisłego kanonu dzieł literatury światowej. Powieść powstała w XIX wieku i w niezwykle nowatorski, jak na swoje czasy, sposób buduje obraz życia Paryża pod koniec Średniowiecza. Fascynująca, niemal mityczna intryga, na której oparta jest powieść, a także symbolika takich miejsc jak katedra Notre Dame czy Paryż - w ówczesnej epoce centrum światowej...