{"product_id":"the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-9781909621619","title":"The Hunchback of Notre-Dame","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This beautiful edition, featuring an afterword by John Grant, is the perfect way to experience this unforgettable tale.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRejected by fifteenth-century Parisian society, the 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, he and Frollo's mutual desire for her puts them increasingly at odds, before compassion and cruelty clash with tragic results.\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 Cromwell, 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":50649284772114,"sku":"9781909621619","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2cd8dfd4-5377-40bc-9ba1-f49f1c16098f.jpg?v=1748697002","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-9781909621619","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}