{"product_id":"the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-9781035034888","title":"The Hunchback of Notre-Dame","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn emotionally stirring story, Victor Hugo's \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame\u003c\/i\u003e is rightfully considered to be one of the finest novels ever written. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the hideously deformed bell-ringer Quasimodo believes he is safe under the watchful eye of his master, the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. But after Quasimodo saves the beautiful Romani girl Esmeralda from the gallows and brings her to sanctuary in the cathedral, his and Frollo's mutual desire for her put them increasingly at odds, before compassion and cruelty clash with tragic results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow in The Corner and Other Classic Ghost Stories \u003c\/i\u003eare also available in this series of gorgeous pocket-sized paperbacks from Macmillan Collector's Library which celebrates the very best Gothic and horror literature, teeming with monsters, misfits and ghosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictor-Marie Hugo was born in Besan?on, France, in 1802. A precocious writer, in 1827 he published his epic verse drama \u003ci\u003eCromwell\u003c\/i\u003e, a political allegory whose preface might be regarded as a Romanticist manifesto. \u003ci\u003eThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame\u003c\/i\u003e followed in 1831 and throughout the following decade he wrote a number of plays, stories and poetry collections. However, his literary output in the few years after 1843, when his daughter died in a drowning accident, was sparse. He began a new novel as an outlet for his grief, but would only complete it many years later as \u003ci\u003eLes Mis?rables\u003c\/i\u003e (1862). He died in 1885.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50895352561938,"sku":"9781035034888","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d0ba32a3-7979-4a43-8d89-6042dbcd6d8e.jpg?v=1748586704","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-9781035034888","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}