Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)

by Émile Zola

Culture & Heritage Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

18 chapters14h 37mEnglish1886

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The first book in the 20-novel Rougon-Macquart Cycle. A monument of French naturalism. The sprawling tale of a family in Provence, during the Second Empire, the family that grew out of the liaisons between Adelaide Fouque and her husband Rougons, and the smuggler Macquart. - Summary by Mark Leder

Chapters (17)

1Author's Preface

232

2Chapter One, Part One

2284

3Chapter One, Part Two

2708

4Chapter Two, Part One

2360

5Chapter Two, Part Two

3951

6Chapter Three, Part One

2683

7Chapter Three, Part Two

4114

8Chapter Four, Part One

3979

9Chapter Four, Part Two

3779

10Chapter Five, Part One

3640

11Chapter Five, Part Two

3634

12Chapter Five, Part Three

2259

13Chapter Six, Part One

3758

14Chapter Six, Part Two

4046

15Chapter Six, Part Three

3773

16Chapter Six, Part Four

920

17Chapter Seven

3680

Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)

About this book

Chapters (17)

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