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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9783956761713
Umbreit-Nr.: 1157943
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 119 S., 0.47 MB
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.01.2015
Auflage: 1/2015
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- Zusatztext
- <p>'Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow' published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the authors second published book and it helped establish him as a leading eng humorist. While widely considered one of Jeromes better works, and in spite of using the same style as 'Three Men in a Boat', it was never as popular as the latter.</p>
- Kurztext
- The story begins on the day of the Feast of Fools in Paris, France. Quasimodo, a deformed hunchback who is the bell-ringer of Notre-Dame, is introduced by his crowning as the Pope of Fools. Esmeralda, a beautiful Gypsy street dancer with a kind and generous heart, captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus and Pierre Gringoire, a poor street poet, but especially those of Quasimodo and his adoptive father, Claude Frollo, the Archdeacon of Notre Dame. Frollo is torn between his obsessive lust and the rules of the church. He orders Quasimodo to kidnap her, but the hunchback is captured by Phoebus and his guards, who save Esmeralda. Gringoire, witnessing all this, accidentally trespasses into the Court of Miracles, home of the Truands (criminals of Paris). He was about to be hanged under the orders of Clopin Trouillefou, the King of Truands, until Esmeralda saved his life by marrying him. The following day, Quasimodo is sentenced to be flogged and turned on the pillory for one hour, followed by another hour's public exposure. He calls for water. Esmeralda, seeing his thirst, offers him a drink. It saves him, and she captures his heart... (Excerpt from Wikipedia)