Jaico Illustrated Classics Series is a collection of beloved childrens classics read by generations all over the world. Rich with adventures and thrills, these immortal stories with vivid illustrations are designed to delight young readers. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a story about a priest who falls for a beautiful gypsy girl, Esmeralda.
Unable to control his infatuation any longer, he attempts to kidnap her with the help of Quasimodo, the hunchback bell ringer of Notre-Dame. The story forms an intricate web of love, hate, obsession and despair around the characters and shows that how love can elevate, destroy or even beautify people. Victor Hugo was a French poet, novelist and dramatist of the Romantic Movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best-known French writers.
After Napoleon III seized power in 1851, French writer Victor Marie Hugo went into exile and in 1870 returned to France; his novels include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831) and Les Misérables (1862).
