The Flood

by Emile Zola

Overview

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On a beautiful May day, in the French village of Saint-Jory, several miles up the Garonne from Toulouse, the Garonne floods, washing away all the bridges; ruining nearly two thousand houses; drowning hundreds; and leaving twenty thousand starving to death...

This tragic fate of a well-to-do farming familyis an accurate description of the immediate impact this flood has on one household.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975906269
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/29/2017
Pages:	50
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.12(d)

About the Author

Émile Zola (1840-1902) was one of the foremost writers of 19th-century French literature, and a key figure in the school of naturalistic fiction. Anthony Cummins writes for the Daily Telegraph and the Times Literary Supplement, and has written about Zola in the Review of English Studies and the Victorian Review.