The Hunchback of Notre Dame audiobook by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1851-1928) 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)   The Hunchback Read more [...]
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1850-1928) An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray   In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original French title, which can be translated from the French as The Miserables, The Wretched, The Miserable Ones, The Read more [...]