Nuestra Señora de París

Escrito por Victor Hugo

Narrado por Estela Benita

La novela comienza con unas celebraciones populares, a causa de la epifanía de 1482 en el Palacio de Justicia. La historia gira en torno a la gitana Esmeralda, que predice el porvenir y atrae fatalmente a los hombres; a Quasimodo, un deforme joven campanero de Nuestra Señora, de fuerza hercúlea y en cuya horrible fealdad esconde un corazón sensible; y al archidiácono Claude Frollo, padre adoptivo del campanero.
Frollo, quién es atraído por la bailarina, pide a su protegido Quasimodo que la rapte. Sin embargo, la intervención del capitán Febo de Châteaupers impide la consumación del secuestro y lleva a Quasimodo a la condena del suplicio público. Razón por la cual es azotado en la plaza, y recibe todo el odio y los insultos del pueblo, que lo detesta por su fealdad. Quasimodo pide agua y la gitana Esmeralda sube al patíbulo para calmar su sed. A partir de este gesto Quasimodo siente un agradecimiento y un afecto enorme hacia la gitana por su piedad hacia él, ya que no estaba acostumbrado a ser bien tratado.

• Idioma: Español
• Editorial: NARRATORES
• Fecha de lanzamiento: 31 may 2023
• ISBN: 9788419772145

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet and novelist. Born in Besançon, Hugo was the son of a general who served in the Napoleonic army. Raised on the move, Hugo was taken with his family from one outpost to the next, eventually setting with his mother in Paris in 1803. In 1823, he published his first novel, launching a career that would earn him a reputation as a leading figure of French Romanticism. His Gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) was a bestseller throughout Europe, inspiring the French government to restore the legendary cathedral to its former glory. During the reign of King Louis-Philippe, Hugo was elected to the National Assembly of the French Second Republic, where he spoke out against the death penalty and poverty while calling for public education and universal suffrage. Exiled during the rise of Napoleon III, Hugo lived in Guernsey from 1855 to 1870. During this time, he published his literary masterpiece Les Misérables (1862), a historical novel which has been adapted countless times for theater, film, and television. Towards the end of his life, he advocated for republicanism around Europe and across the globe, cementing his reputation as a defender of the people and earning a place at Paris’ Panthéon, where his remains were interred following his death from pneumonia. His final words, written on a note only days before his death, capture the depth of his belief in humanity: “To love is to act.”