more from 'Hunchback'
[Although, not really. Hugo hated the english title because it confines the story to one person. The French (true) title is 'Notre-Dame de Paris.']
Frollo asks Gringoire what he has to live for. Gringoire's answer:
"The fresh air, the blue sky, morning and evening, the warm sunshine, and the moonlight, my good friends the Tramps, our romps with the good-natured girls, the beautiful architectural works of Paris to study, three thick books to write - one of them against the Bishop and his mills - and more besides. Anaxagoras said that he was in the world to admire the sun. And then I have the good fortune to spend all my days from morning till evening with a man of genius, that is, myself, and this is extremely agreeable."
Frollo asks Gringoire what he has to live for. Gringoire's answer:
"The fresh air, the blue sky, morning and evening, the warm sunshine, and the moonlight, my good friends the Tramps, our romps with the good-natured girls, the beautiful architectural works of Paris to study, three thick books to write - one of them against the Bishop and his mills - and more besides. Anaxagoras said that he was in the world to admire the sun. And then I have the good fortune to spend all my days from morning till evening with a man of genius, that is, myself, and this is extremely agreeable."
posted by melilotnfosco | 6:20 PM
4 Comments:
lol, what modesty! but i do like their optimistic outlooks ;)
but i'm confused -- wouldn't that just be "Notre Dame of Paris" in English? (possibly with a "The" before it?) Why couldn't they have just done that?
yeah, i have no idea why they didn't call it that. very dumb. and as i'm reading it, i agree - his title is far more appropriate (imagine that).
i like the last line (of this quote - i haven't read the last line of the book yet) :)
i do like that last line :)
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