Notre-Dame de Paris (the Hunchback of Notre-Dame) - Couverture souple

Hugo, Victor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1434103625 ISBN 13 : 9781434103628

Editeur : Waking Lion Press, 2013

Synopsis

In the vaulted Gothic towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral lives Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bell-ringer. Mocked and shunned for his appearance, he is pitied by Esmerelda, a beautiful gypsy dancer, who has also attracted the attention of the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo. When she rejects his lecherous advances, Frollo hatches a plan to destroy her that only Quasimodo can prevent--but with devastating consequences. Victor Hugo's sensational, evocative novel brings to life the medieval Paris he loved, and mourns its passing in this enduring tale of love, lust, betrayal, doom, and redemption--one of the greatest historical romances of the nineteenth century. Notre-Dame de Paris is a big book, and most publishers try to pack it into small newsprint pages with tiny, nearly unreadable type. This edition, on the other hand, has been newly designed and printed on large-format, archival-quality paper with easy-to-read type, making it a deluxe volume at a still-reasonable price. Complete and unabridged.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

I gp f PfiCE. In presenting this volume to the publicj, the compiler desires to state that he has divided the airs into three classes: National, Pateiotic, and Typical. The first embraces those airs, which, either by official decree or by the voice of the people, are known as the principal patriotic airs of their respective countries; the second comprises those which embody words of a patriotic character, or are used at times for patriotic purposes. Under Typical, he has placed those airs which are indigenous to the soil, or the people, and which have come to him as specimens of national music in the broad sense of the term. It was the compilers intention to give a few examples of the best modem patriotic songs of our land, but he was compelled to abandon his project It is popularly supposed that this country is poor in patriotic songs, but instead of finding this to be the feet he discovered such a great number that no volume of ordinary size could contain them. Many of them are excellent compositions and well fitted to serve the purpose of their creation. Quite a number of the airs came to the compiler without harmonic treatment of any description; he has endeavored to supply that deficiency, but in no instance has he altered the melodic design of any of the airs. In a few instances the notation does not corresx)ond with that in vogue in A meiica; it has been deemed best not to change it The compiler desires to express his sincere thanks to the Honorable James G. Blaine, Secretary, the Honorable Wm. P. Wharton, jissistant Secretary, Dr. F. O. St Clair, Chief of Consular Bureau, Messrs. H. L. Thomas, J. T. Coughlin and M. M. Shand, all of the Department of State ;to Rear-A dmiral J. G. Walker and Lieutenant T. B. M. Mason of the Navy; to Mr. A. RS pofford, Librarian of Congress, Mr. David Hutchinson, the Assistant Librarian, and to all others who have contr
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Revue de presse

Sujet : Autour de Notre-Dame, dans la cité médiévale de Paris, s'agite une kyrielle de personnages très différents: Quasimodo, le bossu sonneur de cloches; Gringoire, le poète; Frollo, le sinistre archidiacre; Phoebus, le capitaine des archers du roi. Ils sont tous fascinés par la belle bohémienne Esméralda...

Commentaire : Cette version intégrale du célèbre roman de Victor Hugo est présentée dans une superbe édition, illustrée de très beaux croquis, enrichie de nombreuses notes qui définissent en bas de page tous les mots difficiles. Le livre est en outre agrémenté de pages documentaires liées à la vie au Moyen-Age: Notre-Dame, Paris, la Seine, les costumes, l'alimentation, les moines, le guêt...Une bonne idée de cadeau qui ravira les grands lecteurs, sensibles aux beaux ouvrages. -- www.choisirunlivre.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Waking Lion Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1434103625
• ISBN 13: 9781434103628
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible