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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

by Victor HUGO (1802 - 1885)

23 - Book 5: II - This will Kill That

One of the great literary tragedies of all time, The Hunchback of Notre Dame features some of the most well-known characters in all of fiction - Quasimodo, the hideously deformed bellringer of Notre-Dame de Paris, his master the evil priest Claude Frollo, and Esmeralda, the beautiful gypsy condemned for a crime she did not commit. (Summary by Mark Nelson)

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Listen next episodes of The Hunchback of Notre Dame:
24 - Book 6: I - An Impartial Glance at the Ancient Magistracy , 25 - Book 6: II - The Rat-Hole , 26 - Book 6: III - History of a Leavened Cake of Maize , 27 - Book 6: IV - A Tear for a Drop of Water , 28 - Book 6: V - End of the Story of the Cake , 29 - Book 7: I - The Danger of Confiding One's Secret to a Goat , 30 - Book 7: II - A Priest and a Philosopher are two Different Things , 31 - Book 7: III - The Bells , 32 - Book 7: IV - ~ANArKH~ , 33 - Book 7: V - The Two Men Clothed in Black , 34 - Book 7: VI - The Effect which Seven Oaths in the Open Air can Produce , 35 - Book 7: VII - The Mysterious Monk , 36 - Book 7: VIII - The Utility of Windows which Open on the River , 37 - Book 8: I - The Crown Changed into a Dry Leaf , 38 - Book 8: II - Continuation of the Crown which was Changed into a DryLeaf , 39 - Book 8: III - End of the Crown which was Changed into a Dry Leaf , 40 - Book 8: IV - ~Lasciate Ogni Speranza~—Leave all hope behind, ye who Enter here , 41 - Book 8: V - The Mother , 42 - Book 8: VI - Three Human Hearts differently Constructed , 43 - Book 9: I - Delirium , 44 - Book 9: II - Hunchbacked, One Eyed, Lame , 45 - Book 9: III - Deaf , 46 - Book 9: IV - Earthenware and Crystal , 47 - Book 9: V - The Key to the Red Door , 48 - Book 9: VI - Continuation of the Key to the Red Door , 49 - Book 10: I - Gringoire has Many Good Ideas in Succession.—Rue des Bernardins , 50 - Book 10: II - Turn Vagabond , 51 - Book 10: III - Long Live Mirth , 52 - Book 10: IV - An Awkward Friend , 53 - Book 10: V-1- The Retreat in which Monsieur Louis of France says his Prayers , 54 - Book 10: V-2 - The Retreat in which Monsieur Louis of France says his Prayers , 55 - Book 10: VI - Little Sword in Pocket , 56 - Book 10: VII - Chateaupers to the Rescue , 57 - Book 11: I-1 - The Little Shoe , 58 - Book 11: I-2 - The Little Shoe , 59 - Book 11: II - The Beautiful Creature Clad in White , 60 - Book 11: III - The Marriage of Phoebus , 61 - Book 11: IV - The Marriage of Quasimodo