RKS French Literature: Esmerelda the Gypsy (Victor Hugo)

She was not tall, but the elasticity of her slender shape made her appear so. She was a brunette, but it was obvious that in the daylight her complexion would have that golden gleam seen upon the women of Spain and of Rome. Her tiny foot, as well was Andalusian, for it was at onceContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Esmerelda the Gypsy (Victor Hugo)”

RKS French Literature: Quasimodo the Bell Ringer, the One Eyed, the Bandy Legged, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Victor Hugo)

Or rather, his whole person was a grimace. His large head, bristling with red hair-between his shoulders an enormous hump, to which he had a corresponding projection in front- a framework of thighs and legs, so strangely gone astray that they touched only at the knees, and when viewed in front, looked like two sicklesContinue reading “RKS French Literature: Quasimodo the Bell Ringer, the One Eyed, the Bandy Legged, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Victor Hugo)”