Project Re-Read! Book 1 Chapters 1-4

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The time has come to re-read The Hunchback of Notre Dame! Every monday for a while I will blog on the novel by chapters. Since the book has like 57 chapters I will do a few  at a time. I will blog on my thoughts and feeling on each chapter. Some chapters  may just have their own post and some post will be a few, pending on the chapter. I going to re-red my old stand-by version, Barnes & Noble Classics Series of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. These posts will be pretty off the cuff.

Book 1, Chapter 1, The Great Hall
Personally, I have never enjoyed this chapter. It’s lot of stuff that amounts to almost nothing. We are introduced to two characters, Jehan Frollo and Gringoire, though Gringoire is not named. The chapter just sets-up a scene with a a lot of chaos and noise. Tonally, it’s a good set-up for the book but with all the names you kind get bogged down with names and people you’re not going to hear from again. It give us a good look at common everyday people but it just not my favorite chapter in the book.

Book 1, Chapter 2, Pierre Gringoire
As the name of the chapter implies, in this chapter we meet Pierre Gringoie. Gringoire is putting on a morality play. This play is about Nobility, Religion, Commerce and Labour. The play is not well met by the common people and poorly met by a beggar name Clopin Trouillefou who interrupts the play. Like the last chapter it the same scene, so it’s noisy and full of people. At the end the Cardinal arrives. Like the last chapter, not favorite.

Book 1, Chapter 3, The Cardinal
With the Cardinal’s entrance, Gringoire’s play is once again interrupted. There some political stuff going on here with the Cardinal being annoyed that he has to show respected to the Flemish. Again not a fan of this chapter but I swear I do love this book just not the opening chapters.

Book 1, Chapter 4, Master Jacques Coppenole
In this chapter, Gringoire play is allowed to continue on by the Cardinal but names and titles are still being called out of people who are important enough to sit along side the cardinal so no one in the crowd is listening to the play. And just when it seems like the everyone who is anyone is there and people might start listening to Gringoire’s play, a houser named Master Jacques Coppenole, makes a speech about how this no fun and they should crown the Pope of Fools. This chapter saving grace is explains how the competition for the Pope of Fools is chosen. The speech also ends Gringoire plays. Still not my favorite but it starts us moving to the next part.

The First four chapter set-up Gringoire’s misfortune and lack of appriciation for his literally work. Poor Guy. They also shows  how mad a crowd can be which a big thing later.

Horoscope 1/2/13

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Today’s Horoscope for January 2nd 2013 was prophesied for the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the book.

Elicia MacKenzie as Fleur de Lys & Yvan Pedneault as Phobus, World Tour Cast Notre Dame de Paris, Crocus City picture image

Elicia MacKenzie as Fleur de Lys & Yvan Pedneault as Phobus, World Tour Cast Notre Dame de Paris, Crocus City

“Although he visited her occasionally, from a lingering  spark of common respect, he felt doubly embarrassed in Fleur-de-Ly’s presence: first, because by dint of distributing is love in all sorts of places he had very little left for her and next, because amid so many stately, starched, and modest dames he trembled continually lest lips, accustomed to oaths, should suddenly lose all restraint and break out into the language of the tavern. ” (Book 7, Chapter 1 On the Danger of Confiding a Secret a Goat)

 

The prophesy is clear: Be sure to be mindful of who you address today, or else.

Frollo’s Guide to Seducing a Women

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Frollo is a Ladies' Man Hunchback of Notre Dame disney

Frollo is a Ladies’ Man

(based on the wonderful book)

  1.  Stalk her
  2. Insult her in public
  3. Accuse her of a crime that you committed
  4. Condemn her to die
  5. When she is in jail, confess your feeling but remember don’t let her talk
  6. Proposition her for sex
  7. Try to force yourself on her
  8. Give her an ultimatum; The tomb of your Bed
  9. If all else fails, weep like a child
  10. But most importantly be Persistent

 

Follow these 10 easy steps and the women will be your’s or dead, but if you can’t have her no should.

(Behind the scene factoid – The chocolates that Frollo is “holding” are Ghirardelli Valentine’s Chocolate Squares,  however I changed name of to “Gobbo” which is Italian for Hunchback)

Hunchback Horoscope 6/5/12

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Today’s Horoscope comes from my old leather bound copy of the book. I’m not sure how old it is though.  But it has illustrations.

My Old Copy of Notre Dame de paris

My Old Copy of Notre Dame de Paris

The Horoscope is  ” Thus, to sum up the points which we just indicated, three sorts of ravages to-day disfigure Gothic Architecture.” (Book 3, Chapter 1 Notre-Dame)

How prophetic!

Hunchback Horoscope

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New regular posting series. Basically I’m going to tap to my inner pyschic power and use my special scrying tool to a give a horoscope to everyone. The scrying tool will be a Hunchback of Notre Dame Book and I will open it and record what the book tells me. To be  clear, I basically open the book and pick a random sentence.

Today’s book is The Barnes and Nobel version of Hunchback  which is my go-to version but I have other copies.

Ok, Today’s Hunchback Horoscope is;

“It was on a certain evening.” (Book V Chapter 1 Abbas Beati Martini page 159).
Think about….

-(Not the best sentence for the first one on this series but that was the first one I picked and I have a no do over policy for this )

Fan-Art Friday 3/22/12

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Today’s Fan-Art was created by MimiStriped. It’s base on a scene from the book where Frollo shows Esmeralda his wounds he gave himself in reaction to her being tortured. This scene is during his confession to her in Jail and it’s my favorite scene from the book. And this is a lovely rendering.

...voi che'ntrate by mimistriped

…voi che’ntrate by mimistriped

Benjamin Lacombe’s Notre Dame de Paris

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Benjamin Lacombe is a French artist who has illustrated several books his latest is Notre Dame de Paris which was released November 30th 2011. His work has a gothic anime feel  that I find appealing but I’m not sure why. I’ve seen stuff akin to it but there is something about his work that I find appealing maybe it’s the use of color or the composition. Currently the book is only available in French. Other work by Benjamin Lacombe

Click the link to buy  Benjamin Lacombe’s Notre-Dame de Paris Part 1 from Amazon France

And now some pictures;

Benjamin Lacombe' s Cover of Notre Dame de Paris picture image

Benjamin Lacombe' s Cover of Notre Dame de Paris

Notre Dame and Paris by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris picture image

Notre Dame and Paris by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris

Esmeralda by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris picture image

Esmeralda by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris

Quasimodo by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris picture image

Quasimodo by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris

Esmeralda and Djali by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris picture image

Esmeralda and Djali by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris

Esmeralda by Benjamin Lacombe Notre Dame de Paris picture image

An Amusing Hunchback Typo

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Awhile ago I was reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame on The Literature Network and I noticed a typo, a funny typo and I took a screenshot,

See if you can find it (it’s not hard to find). Click on the picture!

A Typo in an Online copy of The Hunchback of Notre Dame picture image

A Typo in an Online copy of The Hunchback of Notre Dame

 

and if you can’t find it or you just want to cheat, click here

and yes this typo still exists.

Frollo Hunchback of Notre Dame Disney picture image

Frollo Hunchback of Notre Dame Disney