The Hunchback
Notre-Dame's deformed resident
The Hunchback refers to Quasimodo, the bell-ringer in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel *Notre-Dame de Paris*, known in English as *The Hunchback of Notre-Dame*.
The character—deformed, isolated, yet capable of profound devotion—has become an archetype of the misunderstood outcast.
The title is sometimes used allusively for anyone with a hunched back or spinal deformity, though this application can be offensive.
- QuasimodoFictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- bell ringerOne who tolls
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- church bellsBronze instruments in steeples
tower · cathedral · Gothic architecture · deformed · gargoyle · bells · sanctuary · outcast · social outcast · grotesque · spine · crooked · ringing · belfry · Victor Hugo · gypsy · tragic hero · twisted
The HunchbackAdonis
Exceptionally attractive man
Apollo · Prince Charming · Esmeralda · Phoebus · Helen of Troy
hunch, hunchback, hunchbacked, hunched, hunching, back, backs, backed, backing