-
When I first moved to China, in the mid-1990s, the only readily available foreign reading was the heavily censored China Daily and classic books like The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
FORBES: Magazine Article
-
In the 1920s Homo erectus distorted himself a bit, and took to swinging round church towers or chandeliers as the Phantom of the Opera and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
ECONOMIST: The Creature from the Black Lagoon
-
Like the Hunchback of Notre-Dame or the Phantom of the Opera, Hugo lives a secret life in a public place a rubbishy room up in the clockworks, where he tinkers with inventions old and new.
NEWYORKER: Fantastic Voyages
-
Although not as pronounced as Shakespeare's portrayal of the king as a hunchback, the condition would have given the adult male the appearance of having one shoulder higher than the other.
BBC: Richard III dig: 'Strong evidence' bones are lost king
-
Most people are only familiar with the vengeful, manipulative hunchback that Shakespeare portrayed, but groups like the Richard III society see that as a distortion or flat-out-lie.
FORBES: Skeleton Found in England May Be Long-Lost King Richard III
-
If it actually is the king, however, it will lay to rest some of the argument surrounding his hunchback.
FORBES: Skeleton Found in England May Be Long-Lost King Richard III
-
Shakespeare and others have characterized Richard III as a hunchback, and the body found among the remains of what was once a monastery shows signs of scoliosis, or curvature of the spine.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
-
However the DNA evidence makes it unlikely it's another hunchback.
WSJ: Richard III's Grave Confirmed
-
The skeleton also showed evidence of severe scoliosis - a curvature of the spine - which may have led Shakespeare to portray him as a "hunchback" king.
BBC: Richard III dig: Leicester Cathedral burial confirmed
-
"Everyone's heard of 'Hercules, ' 'Hunchback of Notre Dame, ' 'Pocahontas' and 'Beauty and the Beast, "' he said.
CNN: Disney officials 'walking on air' over 'Mulan' debut
-
One of the most controversial kings in British history, Richard III was demonised by Shakespeare as a murderous usurper with a hunchback.
BBC: The UK's newest royal destination