The downfall

The novel "The Fall" by John tells the story of a successful Parisian lawyer, who takes up the causes of the destitute, and who courtes the weak and marginalized. The lawyer recounts the manner and reasons for his fall from the highest social ranks to the lowest, as if recalling man's fall from the Garden of Eden. Through this fall, which constitutes the main theme of the novel. The lawyer tells the story of his success, that traditional success represented by what was formulated by society...