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The Hunchback

by James Sheridan Knowles

In this romantic Victorian melodrama, the main characters must learn to see through the deceptive fronts that other present in order to discover their heart’s true desires. Dramatic reversals of fortune prevent Julia, a young lady from the country and her guardian, the embittered Master Walter, from finding happiness and love.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1832

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James Sheridan Knowles was an Irish dramatist and actor. Knowles was born in Cork. His father was the lexicographer James Knowles (1759–1840), cousin of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The family mov...

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