What it's about

In fifteenth-century Paris the dancer Esmeralda draws the love of three men: the archdeacon Claude Frollo, the vain captain Phoebus, and Quasimodo, the deaf bell-ringer of the cathedral. Hugo's novel, published in French as Notre-Dame de Paris, is as much about the cathedral and the medieval city as about its people. In Hapgood's translation.

Reading plan

Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.

Read together

Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.

Who it's for

- Readers who like tragic, gothic stories - Anyone interested in medieval Paris and its cathedral - Readers who know the films and want the original

What’s inside

1
CHAPTER I. THE GRAND HALL.
24 min
2
CHAPTER II. PIERRE GRINGOIRE.
15 min
3
CHAPTER III. MONSIEUR THE CARDINAL.
11 min
4
CHAPTER IV. MASTER JACQUES COPPENOLE.
15 min
5
CHAPTER V. QUASIMODO.
11 min
6
CHAPTER VI. ESMERALDA.
3 min
7
CHAPTER I. FROM CHARYBDIS TO SCYLLA.
5 min
8
CHAPTER II. THE PLACE DE GRÈVE.
4 min
9
CHAPTER III. KISSES FOR BLOWS.
15 min
10
CHAPTER IV. THE INCONVENIENCES OF FOLLOWING A PRETTY WOMAN
7 min
11
CHAPTER V. RESULT OF THE DANGERS.
4 min
12
CHAPTER VI. THE BROKEN JUG.
31 min
13
CHAPTER VII. A BRIDAL NIGHT.
15 min
14
CHAPTER I. NOTRE-DAME.
14 min
15
CHAPTER II. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF PARIS.
43 min
16
CHAPTER I. GOOD SOULS.
6 min
17
CHAPTER II. CLAUDE FROLLO.
9 min
18
CHAPTER III. _IMMANIS PECORIS CUSTOS, IMMANIOR IPSE_.
13 min
19
CHAPTER IV. THE DOG AND HIS MASTER.
2 min
20
CHAPTER V. MORE ABOUT CLAUDE FROLLO.
11 min
21
CHAPTER VI. UNPOPULARITY.
1 min
22
CHAPTER I. _ABBAS BEATI MARTINI_.
16 min
23
CHAPTER II. THIS WILL KILL THAT.
25 min
24
CHAPTER I. AN IMPARTIAL GLANCE AT THE ANCIENT MAGISTRACY.
18 min

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