Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)

Esmeralda
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame character
Esmeralda gives water to Quasimodo tied to the pillory.
A Tear for a Drop of Water by Luc-Olivier Merson (1903).
First appearance
Created byVictor Hugo
In-universe information
AliasAgnès (birth name)
OccupationDancer
FamilyPaquette "la Chantefleurie" Guybertaut (mother)
Djali (goat)
SpousePierre Gringoire
ReligionCatholic
OriginParis
NationalityFrench Romani

Esmeralda (French: [ɛs.me.ʁɑl.da]), born Agnès, is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris). She is a French Roma girl (near the end of the book, it is revealed that her biological mother was a French woman). She constantly attracts men with her seductive dances, and is rarely seen without her clever goat Djali. She is around 16 years old and has a kind and generous heart.


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