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Bill has published six collections of poetry including 50 Sonnets (Mimosa Books, 2000). They include She, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Misérables and Le Morte d’Arthur. His recordings for Naxos AudioBooks have won many awards. It is a tale peppered with humour but fuelled by the anguish which unfolds beneath the bells of the great cathedral of Paris.ĭownload PDF booklet More product details ISBN:īill Homewood is known for his innumerable television performances and leading credits in the West End and for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The characters come to life: the poet Gringoire, the tormented priest Claude Frollo, the fun-loving captain Phoebus and above all Quasimodo and Esmeralda themselves.

Yet, set against the massive background of Notre Dame de Paris and interwoven with the sacred and secular life of medieval France, it takes on a larger perspective. Quasimodo’s doomed love for the beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda is an example of the traditional love theme of beauty and the beast. In the grotesque bell-ringer Quasimodo, Victor Hugo created one of the most vivid characters in classic fiction.

Audio Sample Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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