Hunchbach of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo pages 13-14

Hunchback of Notre Dame was written mainly to prevent the destruction of Gothic landmarks, and this case, it worked! Here we get a picture of the Middle Ages from a writer who wasn't as far away as we are now.  Enjoy!

In these page

Version that we are going to be studying  http://www.limpidsoft.com/6inch/hunchback.pdf

loungers - lazy people
scantily - not very much
cemetery - a place where people are buried
avenues - a street that connects different parts of a neighborhood
Château - a beautiful villa
encumbered - a lot of people are there
aspect - it looks like
augmented - added to
incessantly - all the time

Provost
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provost

epiphany
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/epiphany

Feast of the Fools
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Feast-of-Fools

Pronunciation
 thronged  one  syllable
 designated des I na ted
representation re pre sen ta shun
encumbered en cum berd
augmented aug me ted
incessantly in sess sen tly

What were the three things that were going to happen on January 6th?
Which was the most popular?  Why?
Describe the place where the Feast of Fools was held.
What metaphor does Hugo use to describe the crowd of people?


Note on the bottom of page 13 a small mistake  QQ = façade

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo wrote this novel in 1830-1831 in three parts.  Today we put all them together into one book. His purpose was to help people realize the beauty and usefulness of Gothic architecture, as there is so much description in the story.

Modern readers sometime have trouble with 19th Century writing which uses much more words and description than in modern writing.    The writer wants the reader to have the same picture in mind as the author so every detail is mentioned.

The novel starts on January 6th 1482, a normal day,  But Hugo describes the events that happened two days before in great detail so it is like looking through a telescope the wrong end at the 1480's.

Here is the link so you can download the book for free:

https://ia800307.us.archive.org/10/items/hunchbackofnotre1hugo/hunchbackofnotre1hugo.pdf


An easier translation:
http://www.limpidsoft.com/6inch/hunchback.pdf 

And this is a background and plot summary of the book for those who have to know what happens in a nutshell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame

We will study this book slowly slowly together.

Have Fun!

Rachael Alice