HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME (CLASS

Excerpt from The Hunchback of Notre-DameAfter the death of his mother in 1821, he took a small house in a sequestered quarter, but refused to accept money from his father, and laboured day and night, that he might be the sooner in a condition to claim the hand of his mis tress, to whom he was united in the following year. His juvenile friend, Delon, was implicated in the conspiracy Of Saumur. Hugo wrote to his mother, Offering the fugitive an asylum in his house. This letter fell into the hands of the police it was read by Louis XVIII. Himself, and the first vacant pension was conferred on the writer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.