The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Summary: a staple for studying humanity
Review: If you want to know what this book it like, two words: utterly dark. By then end you should be asking yourself some serious questions about why you were born. If not, read it again, or pick up Heart of Darkness for further assistance.

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Summary: a wonderful book about love, passion, desire, and tradgedy
Review: As a senior in high school this was the best book I could have chosen for a British Claassic Novel. It is a powerful story of love and sacrifice. The lustfl archdeacon Dom Frollo, drives himself to a terrible death over the enchantress Esmarelda, after several attempts to take pleasure from her. The philosopher and playwrite Pierre Gringoire loves the beautiful lady and marries her(only to keep the court of miracles from killing him) but recieves no pleasure from her. It then become obviouse that he favors the goat Djali more than his wife. Quasimodo, the deformed and deaf bell ringer falls in love with the beautiful girl, and desires nothing more than to please the girl. but his ugliness blinds her from seeing the gentle and caring side of this monster. Esmarelda's love and passion for the Captain Phoebus leads to an obsession and adventually her death. the book is very sad, but ut us one of the greatest books ever written. i highly advise it for the Romantisist.

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Summary: plan on reading it more than once!
Review: This book is, without a doubt, my all time favorite book EVER! I've allready read it twice and I plan on reading it again. And again and again and again and again... A beautiful romance with a wonderful plot and truly unforgetable characters, such as La Esmeralda, the dancing Gypsy enchantress, Djali, her adorable little goat, Quasimodo, the deformed bellringer in love with Esmeralda, Dom Claude Frollo, the archdeacon obsessed with Esmeralda, the philosopher Pierre Gringoire, married to Esmeralda but only to keep the Court of Miracles from hanging him, quite honestly loves Djali more, my PERSONAL favorite character is Clopin Trouillefou, King of Thunes, ruler of the Court of Miracles, the Gypsy king, and who can forget Phoebus, captain of the king's archers, and all around Spamforbrains? I can get you any website you want on this book, ESPECIALLY the Disney version, where they made Clopin a real hottie! SHEN LIVES ON!

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Summary: A great book by a great author.
Review: This book was an excellently detailed and a magnificent description of Medieval Paris. Truly a sad ending but a fantastic one. This book is one that you can read more than once and understand and get more from it each time that you read it. A great story depicting inner beauty and physical beauty as well as physical blunder and inner evil. The introduction of the book will mislead you into thinking the book is long and drawn out but once you start getting into it the events will happen quickly and draw you into the story. Keep a dictionary handy and a box of tissues when you read this great tragedy.

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Summary: Great Job Tim Wynne-Jones
Review: This book is a great rendition of Victor Hugo's clssic Novel. The illustrations bring the story to life. Tim Wynne-Jones did great! I love the dedication at the begining

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Summary: Couldn't get through it. But I wish I could have.
Review: I just couldn't enjoy this book to it's full potential, as much as I wanted to. I kept picking it up, reading a few pages at a time. But finally, midway through the stream (or river), I had to turn around and head for shore. Maybe I'll try again later, I'm only 14, and I was 12 or 13 when I tried reading this.

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Summary: A beautiful history of adventure and love
Review: I really think that Victor Hugo is great writer. I recommend you to read it.

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Summary: Well written, very dramatic, and very lengthy.
Review: Almost every possible human emotion is used somewhere in this book, and the characters are all prime examples of the diversity of humans. But it's very long and descriptive. If you don't mind that, then go ahead and read it.

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Summary: Superb characters and depction of medieval Paris
Review: I have read and reread this one a few times since college. It's a gem. I love the descriptive writing. It is firmly in the Romantic style, giving every luscious adjective after adjective. Medieval paris is depicted in all its pomp and grit. I recommend this classic to all readers.

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Summary: Absolutely the best book I've ever read.
Review: I know why this story has been done and re-done. It is without a doubt the best book I've ever read. Hugo's basic story comes, my mother says, from the bible. A mothers lost child, Hugo calls her Esmeralda. After this premise Hugo creates opposites. A wanted child lost, Esmeralda. An unwanted child found, the Hunchback. And throughout the story, a true King that is not a King, a beggar King who is truly a King; a lustful priest who would give up everything to have her, a husband made into a brother who would only take from her; a lover who could have her but does not want her and a mother who does not have her but desperately wants her.

I don't understand why "Hollywood" doesn't make the real story instead of constantly rewriting it. It stands on it's own as truly one of the greatest pieces of literature ever written.