Best English Translation Of Hunchback Of Notre Dame. Editions for the hunchback of notre dame. Some translations have been revised over time.
Some translators write more poetically and other more colloquially. 1482 is a french gothic novel by victor hugo published in 1831. I had read the hunchback of notre dame in english during high school and did not remember it very well so it was fun to re read in this translation.
Currently i am preparing myself for the 20 hour flight from dc to japan with a pile of reading material and i figured that i should really get around to reading victor hugo s seminal work notre dame de paris.
I had read the hunchback of notre dame in english during high school and did not remember it very well so it was fun to re read in this translation. Les misérables is one of my favorite books. Currently i am preparing myself for the 20 hour flight from dc to japan with a pile of reading material and i figured that i should really get around to reading victor hugo s seminal work notre dame de paris. English translator frederic shoberl named the novel the hunchback of notre dame in 1833 because at the time romantic novels were more popular than romance novels in england.