{"product_id":"notredame-de-paris-isbn-9780143135845","title":"Notre-Dame de Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the world's most iconic novels—a timeless story of love in the face of difference and prejudice, known also as \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame\u003c\/i\u003e—in a sparkling new translation commemorating the restoration of Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell ringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied only by Esmeralda, a beautiful Roma street dancer to whom he becomes completely devoted. Esmeralda, however, has also attracted the attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, and when she rejects his lecherous approaches, Frollo hatches a plot to destroy her that only Quasimodo can prevent. Victor Hugo's masterpiece brings to life the medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing, in one of the greatest historical romances of the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cb\u003eVictor Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e (1802-1885), novelist, poet, playwright, and politician, is widely considered one of greatest French Romantic writers. He is best known for two of today’s most popular world classics: \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e (1862) and \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre Dame \u003c\/i\u003e(1831)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Over a writing career spanning sixty years, he wrote dozens of acclaimed works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Last Day of a Condemned Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1829), \u003ci\u003eLes Contemplations\u003c\/i\u003e (1856), \u003ci\u003eThe Toilers of the Sea \u003c\/i\u003e(1866), and \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Laughs\u003c\/i\u003e (1869).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Rose \u003c\/b\u003e(translator)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an internationally acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables \u003c\/i\u003eby Victor Hugo, for which she was a finalist for the Florence Gould French-American Foundation Translation Prize, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Knight of Maison Rouge \u003c\/i\u003eby Alexandre Dumas and \u003ci\u003ePhedre \u003c\/i\u003eby Racine. She is a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters and a recipient of the New South Wales Premier's Translation Prize and the PEN medallion for translation.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233441984741,"sku":"NP9780143135845","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143135845.jpg?v=1767733932","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/notredame-de-paris-isbn-9780143135845","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}