Paul Féval was a French writer, author of popular adventure novels, who enjoyed colossal fame during his lifetime, comparable to that of Dumas and Balzac. His "cloak and dagger" novels, thanks to the extraordinary plots and the author's inexhaustible imagination, went through dozens of reprints and were translated into many languages of the world. This volume includes Féval's most famous novel about the adventures of the invincible Chevalier de Lagardère, "The Hunchback, or The Little Parisian." The reader will find here all the essential features of an exciting adventure novel: a dynamic narrative, mysterious transformations, cruel duels, court intrigues, and, of course, romantic twists. The text of the novel is accompanied by numerous illustrations from original 19th-century French editions.