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    Classic Starts®: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
    Classic Starts®: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
    Classic Starts®: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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    Classic Starts®: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

    By Victor Hugo, Lucy Corvino and Arthur Pober

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    Set in a richly rendered 15th century Paris, Victor Hugo’s powerful drama focuses on a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda, the two men (including an obsessed and manipulative priest) who love her, and the pitiful hunchback Quasimodo who tries to save her. With this simplified yet spellbinding version, kids can enjoy all the excitement of Hugo’s masterful story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUnion Square Kids
    Release dateDec 7, 2010
    ISBN9781402786877
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    Victor Hugo

    Victor Hugo (Besançon, 1802-París, 1885) es quizá el escritor más representativo de las letras francesas del siglo xix. De vocación temprana, comenzó su andadura literaria con Odas y poesías diversas (1822), su primera obra poética. Muy pronto fue considerado el jefe de las filas del Romanticismo francés y sus obras encontraron un reconocimiento generalizado debido, fundamentalmente, al virtuosismo de su prosa y a la elección de unos argumentos en los que se entremezclan a la perfección lo misterioso y sobrenatural con la denuncia social más inteligente y certera. Entre sus obras más destacadas se encuentran Las orientales (1829), Nuestra señora de París (1830), Ruy Blas (1838), Los miserables (1862) o Los trabajadores del mar (1866), además de un buen número de obras teatrales, poemas, ensayos históricos y discursos políticos. Victor Hugo murió el 22 de mayo de 1885 a causa de una pulmonía. Su ataúd permaneció durante varios días bajo el arco del triunfo, donde se dice que fue visitado por cerca de tres millones de personas.

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      Classic Starts® - Victor Hugo

      9781402786877_int_00i-154_0002_001

      The Hunchback

      of Notre-Dame

      9781402786877_int_00i-154_0002_002

      Retold from the Victor Hugo original

      by Deanna McFadden

      Illustrated by Lucy Corvino

      9781402786877_int_00i-154_0002_003

      STERLING and the distinctive Sterling logo

      are registered trademarks of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      McFadden, Deanna.

         The hunchback of Notre Dame / retold from the Victor Hugo original ; abridged by Deanna McFadden ; afterword by Arthur Pober ; illustrated by Lucy Corvino.

          p. cm.—(Classic starts)

        Summary: An abridged retelling of the tale, set in medieval Paris, of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda from being unjustly executed.

      ISBN 978-1-4027-4575-1

      1. France—History—Medieval period, 987–1515—Juvenile fiction. [1. France—History—Medieval period, 987–1515—Fiction. 2. Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral)—Fiction. 3. People with disabilities—Fiction. 4. Paris (France)—Fiction.] I. Corvino, Lucy, ill. II. Hugo,Victor, 1802–1885.

      Notre-Dame de Paris. III. Title.

      PZ7.M4784548Hun 2008

      [Fic]—dc22

      2007009218

      2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3

      Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

      387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016

      Copyright © 2008 by Deanna McFadden

      Illustrations copyright © 2008 by Lucy Corvino

      Distributed in Canada by Sterling Publishing

      c/o Canadian Manda Group, 165 Dufferin Street,

      Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 3H6

      Distributed in the United Kingdom by GMC Distribution Services,

      Castle Place, 166 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England BN7 1XU

      Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

      P.O. Box 704, Windsor, NSW 2756, Australia

      Classic Starts is a trademark of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

      Printed in China

      All rights reserved

      Sterling ISBN 978-1-4027-4575-1

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      CONTENTS

      CHAPTER 1:

      A Day of Celebrations

      CHAPTER 2:

      The Pope of Fools

      CHAPTER 3:

      The Poet and the Gypsy Girl

      CHAPTER 4:

      Pierre Follows Esmeralda

      CHAPTER 5:

      Not-So-Married Life

      CHAPTER 6:

      The Priest and the Hunchback

      CHAPTER 7:

      Sir Robert and the Day’s Trials

      CHAPTER 8:

      The Rat Hole

      CHAPTER 9:

      Quasimodo in the Stocks

      CHAPTER 10:

      Esmeralda Meets Captain Phoebus Again

      CHAPTER 11:

      Jehan’s Adventures

      CHAPTER 12:

      The Man in the Black Cape

      CHAPTER 13:

      Poor Esmeralda

      CHAPTER 14:

      Sanctuary!

      CHAPTER 15:

      Claude Frollo Grows Angry

      CHAPTER 16:

      Notre-Dame Under Attack

      CHAPTER 17:

      An Unhappy Reunion

      CHAPTER 18:

      Quasimodo Is Too Late

      What Do You Think?

      Afterword

      Classic Starts™ Library

      CHAPTER 1

      A Day of Celebrations

      1

      On the sixth of January, 1482, the city of Paris woke up to the ringing of bells. There were two celebrations going on that day: the Epiphany and the Festival of Fools. The Epiphany was a religious holiday. But the Festival of Fools was for the people. It was an annual celebration where everyone was expected to have fun. There would be fireworks, a May tree celebration, and a play at the Great Hall.

      Most of the city’s important men were going to see the play. All the streets leading to the Great Hall were crowded with people who were talking and laughing as they walked along.

      The long wait had made the crowd rowdy, and they complained about everything.

      Like water that overflows, the crowd swelled as it swept around the pillars, filling every nook and cranny. People sat on windowsills, on sculptures— anywhere they could fit.

      A group of students had knocked some glass out of a window and were boldly sitting on the sill. The young boys joked and laughed.

      Why, it’s you, Joannes! How long have you been here? one of them yelled to a handsome blond boy who was sitting on top of a sculpture in the middle of the room.

      Joannes answered, How do you do, Jehan Frollo? Your arms and legs are spinning like a windmill—is that how you’re keeping balance on that windowsill? How long have we been here? More than four hours!

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      The boys, who were bored with waiting, began to tease many of the important men in the crowd. They called them names and made fun of their hats, their jobs, their clothes. Anything they could laugh at, they did laugh at!

      Then, at last, the clock struck twelve. Ah! the crowd said. The students grew silent, and the rest of the room settled down. Every neck was outstretched, every eye fixed on the stage, but there was nothing to be seen except the four bailiffs who were there to keep order, standing as stiff as statues.

      The crowd waited one minute, two minutes, five, ten, and then they started chanting, The play! The play!

      Grab the bailiffs! the students called. The crowd applauded, and the four men on stage turned quite pale. As the mob started toward them, the curtains flew open. A shaking actor emerged and walked to center stage.

      "T-t-today we have the honor of performing The Good Judgment, a play by Pierre Gringoire. I will be playing Jupiter. The moment the cardinal arrives, we shall begin."

      When everyone heard that there would be more waiting, they started shouting again.

      Begin right now! Joannes shouted louder than anyone.

      Down with Jupiter! Down with the cardinal! Jehan yelled.

      Poor Jupiter started to slowly move off the stage. Just before he opened the curtains, a figure dressed in black emerged from backstage and whispered, Hey, you, Jupiter!

      Jupiter took another step backward. Who calls me? The poor fellow spun around.

      It’s me, Pierre, the playwright said quietly. Start the play and I’ll make sure the cardinal understands.

      O-okay. Jupiter nodded, and then turned back around to face the audience. We shall begin!

      The crowd whistled and cheered as the music started. It was perfectly quiet now in the Great Hall. The audience was awed by the actors’ costumes: white and gold

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