Book description
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved,
essential classics.
'Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep
roots into our whole being.'
Set in medieval Paris, against the backdrop of the brooding Cathedral
of Notre-Dame, Hugo's take on the classic story of Beauty and the Beast
tells of the hunchbacked, grotesque bellringer, Quasimodo. Rejected by
Parisian society because of his appearance, Quasimodo resides in
Notre-Dame, harbouring a love for the only woman that pities him, a
gypsy named Esmerelda. However, a sinister archdeacon also covets
Esmerelda, and when his advances are spurned, he seeks to destroy her.
