The Fortune of the Rougons

(Part of the Les Rougon-Macquart (#1) Series and Les Rougon-Macquart (#1) Series)

by Émile Zola and Emil Zola

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The Fortune of the Rougons is the first in Zola's famous Rougon-Macquart series of novels. In it we learn how the two branches of the family came about, and the origins of the hereditary weaknesses passed down the generations. Murder, treachery, and greed are the keynotes, and just as the Empire was established through violence, the "fortune" of the Rougons is paid for in blood.

Set in the fictitious Proven al town of Plassans, The Fortune...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199560994

ISBN13:9780199560998

Release Date:September 2012

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:336 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Related Subjects

Ambition And Success Betrayal And Revenge Class Conflict Family Dynamics Politics And Power Social Injustice Political Turmoil Power Struggles Classics Fiction

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