The Fortune of the Rougons

by Émile Zola and Emil Zola

Book Overview

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
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"