Real-life Quasimodo uncovered in Tate archive

Hmmm........his face rings a bell.

Hmmm........his face rings a bell. Good one!

It is really amazing to find out that Hugo made his story (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)out of an inspiration from a real person. It is one of the best in literature.

It is really amazing to find out that Hugo made his story (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)out of an inspiration from a real person. It is one of the best in literature. I remember watching an old black and white film on TV of The Hunch Back of Notre Dame. I wasn't very old at the time and it was the first time I'd seen him. Well he frightened the life out of me, so much so I was scared to go to bed afterwards. It's just as well I didn't know at the time that he was based on a real person!

Thank God he wasn't around in the dark ages, He probably would of been killed by the peasant folk.