“…the story follows the deformed church bell-ringer ‘Quasimodo’, the ‘Roma’ street dancer ‘Esmeralda’ …
“…and Quasimodo's guardian, the ‘Archdeacon Claude Frollo’, in 15th-century Paris.
“All its elements—the ‘Renaissance’ setting, impossible love affairs and marginalized characters…
“…make the work a model of the literary themes of ‘Romanticism’.
“The novel is considered a classic of French literature and adapted repeatedly for film, stage, television, graphic novels and toys.”
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