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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

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Name: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris)
Abbreviation(s):
Creator: Victor Hugo
Date(s): 1831, 1996 (Disney film)
Medium: novels, animation, films, television, musicals, ballet, radio, theatre
Country of Origin: France
External Links: Wikipedia
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a French Romantic/Gothic novel by Victor Hugo published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,[1] on which the story is centered, and the true protagonist of the story, Esméralda.

Adaptations

The story of the Hunchback of Notre-Dame has been adapted in various formats: films, animation, television, musicals, ballet, radio and theatres. The first movie adaption was released in 1905 and featured the characters Esméralda and Quasimodo.[2]

Some of the more popular ones are:

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film) starred Charles Laughton as Quasimodo, Maureen O'Hara as Esméralda, and Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke as Dom Claude Frollo
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Disney film
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1999), a German musical based on the Disney film, which premiered in English in 2014

Fandom

A significant part of the fandom revolves around the Disney 1996 animated film.

Shipping

Some of the ships in the fandom include:

Fanworks

Fics

  • As Long as There's a Moon by Corvida-Margareth. A Disneyverse novel-length Esmeralda/Phoebus fanfic with some elements from the original French book by Victor Hugo.
  • La Belle et le Bossu by QuasimodoLeBossu. A Quasimodo/Belle fic. Beauty was found within. Thanks to her, he understood that now. AU.
  • Foundling Child by Renarde Rouge. A Quasimodo/OC fic. Quasimodo went to Montfaucon to die. He didn't count on being saved by a simple peasant girl. And he certainly never expected to find a reason to live. Novel-based with a dash of Disney.
  • God Help the Outcasts by Just_Zander and TP_HOND_S124. A Disneyverse AU fanfic dylogy in which Quasimodo reunites with his biological father and learns more about his past (part I) and eventually finds someone to love (part II).
  • God Helps the Outcasts by fire_sprite. An alternative sequel to the 1996 Disney film. After the burning of Paris, Quasimodo, Phoebus, and Esméralda try to find their place in the village, rebuilding both the cathedral and their lives. As their friendship develops, the three find solace in each other, and something new begins to form. How well will love survive in these three?
  • God Save the Queen by bbydrop. A royal AU fanfic with established Quasimodo/Madellaine and Esmeralda/Phoebus.
  • Heaven's Light: A Retelling of the Hunchback of Notre Dame by kz_madds. A canon-divergent version of the story with Phoebus/Quasimodo as a romantic pairing.
  • Homeward bound by MasterAlgae. An eventual Phoebus/Esmeralda/Quasimodo story about starting again and building one's life far away from the place that was previously called home.
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Heaven's Light by Imagi77. A longfic sequel to the 1996 Disney film. Two years have passed and a mysterious band of brutes come to Paris for mysterious reasons and a lost little girl is fleeing from them. During the chaos, a lost past might be unraveled after twenty years of being locked away.
  • Inside Stone Walls by orphan_account. A Quasimodo/Belle longfic.
  • Lantern Burning Bright by Acacia24. A Quasimodo/OC fanfic. Agnes could see the glow of a burning lantern when she looked up at the north tower. It was like a star against the dark sky. She knew then that the bell ringer was waiting for her.
  • Of Monsters and Men by Shadow_Logic. Two Disneyverse AU one-shots about what would happen if Phoebus declined the position of the Captain of the Guards and if Frollo removed Quasimodo from the latter's position of the bellringer of Notre Dame after the festival. Eventual Esmeralda/Quasimodo, one-sided Fresme.
  • Quando Judex Est Venturus by MoeMachine. An AU Fresme fanfic. In this alternate universe, inspired by the Disney version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" as well as elements from the book, musical, and movie adaptations, Claude Frollo, the cruel ecclesiastical judge, was transformed into a vampire a few months before killing Quasimodo's mother. This is not a story of villain redemption through love. As the story unfolds, the lines between monster and man become blurred.
  • Rewriting Hunchback of Notre Dame II (FFN/AO3) by Atarah Derekh.[note 1] Paris is preparing to welcome the pope, and Quasimodo has been charged with the safekeeping of a new bell to be dedicated to the pope. Meanwhile, an old enemy of Clopin's returns to Paris to seek revenge, and a girl in his possession stumbles into Quasi's life, giving him the opportunity to be her knight in shining armor.
  • Soul Alchemy by Deepest-Blue2. A slow-burn drama/romance Fresme fic.
  • Turtledoves (FFN/AO3) by DeathCadet. A multichapter Clopin/OC fanfic.

Zines

Archives & Fannish Links

References

  1. ^ See: Wikipedia:Notre-Dame de Paris
  2. ^ See: Wikipedia:Esmeralda (1905 film)

Notes

  1. ^ AtarahDerekh on AO3
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