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    The document discusses Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It describes some of the novel's fascinating characters, including Claude Frollo and Quasimodo, and how Hugo immerses the reader in their world. One of the lessons of the novel is not to judge people by their appearances, as Quasimodo is abandoned by his mother due to his disfigured form despite having a good heart.

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    The document discusses Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It describes some of the novel's fascinating characters, including Claude Frollo and Quasimodo, and how Hugo immerses the reader in their world. One of the lessons of the novel is not to judge people by their appearances, as Quasimodo is abandoned by his mother due to his disfigured form despite having a good heart.

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    The document discusses Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It describes some of the novel's fascinating characters, including Claude Frollo and Quasimodo, and how Hugo immerses the reader in their world. One of the lessons of the novel is not to judge people by their appearances, as Quasimodo is abandoned by his mother due to his disfigured form despite having a good heart.

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    Hugo has a fantastic ability to relate stories.

    While he does have a tendency to ramble at times, his


    descriptions of 15th century Paris are fascinating. Hugo's finest feature, though, is his incredible cast of
    characters. Claude Frollo is holy enough to care for an abandoned and malformed infant, but he can't
    suppress his sexual frustrations with La Esmeralda, despite his goodness. It's also worth noting that,
    despite Quasimodo's generosity, she can't seem to look at him. When Quasimodo sees her beauty and
    realizes how ugly he is, Hugo adds to our sorrow: "I never knew how awful I am until now." Another
    fantastic quality of this novel is that, although if Frollo has a dark side, Hugo does not allow us to
    overlook his positive aspects (especially the moment where we see Frollo's delinquent brother's
    ingratitude after all the love he has shown him).

    Another fantastic aspect of this novel is how it immerses you in the character's world, and I found
    myself feeling just as they would have. When Pacquette discovered her long-lost daughter and defended
    Esmeralda from the gallows, tears welled up in my eyesI would have offered my own life if I had been
    Pacquette because I felt how wonderful it would be to be reunited with my daughter and how painful it
    would be to have her die right in front of my eyes, even if I didn't have any maternal instincts. The
    Hunchback of Notre Dame tells the story of an unrequited love between a severely disfigured man and a
    lovely woman who has fallen in love with someone else. One of the lessons to be learned from Victor
    Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame is to not judge people by their appearances. Quasimodo's
    mother abandoned him simply because he was born in an unattractive, twisted form, but it says nothing
    about his heart or spirit.

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