Publisher's Synopsis
In this new unique edition: NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS (Also known as "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame") by Victor Hugo with illustrations. Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood, followed by the French version.Illustrations: For the English Version: Luc-Olivier Merson. For the French Version: E. de Beaumont, L. Boulanger, Daubigny, T. Johannot, de Lemud, Meissonnier, G. Ropeplan, de Rudder, Stienheil .The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, lit. 'Our Lady of Paris') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. The novel's original French title, Notre-Dame de Paris, refers to Notre Dame Cathedral, on which the story is centered. Frederic Shoberl's 1833 English translation was published as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (which became the generally used title in English), which refers to Quasimodo, Notre Dame's bellringer.
