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The Fortune of the Rougons

By Émile Zola, Brian Nelson
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By Émile Zola, Brian Nelson
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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 Provençal town of Plassans, The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story of Silvère and Miett...

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FictionLiteratureWorld FictionLiterary FictionFrench Fiction19th Century French Fiction