The novel is partly an origin story, with a huge cast of characters swarming around - many of whom become the central figures of later novels in the series - and partly an account of the December 1851 coup d'état that created the French Second Empire under Napoleon III as experienced in a large provincial town in southern France.
L'Assommoir
Emile Zola
audiobookbook
Le ventre de Paris
Emile Zola
audiobook
Au bonheur des dames
Emile Zola
audiobookbook
Germinal
Emile Zola
book
La Bête Humaine (Cronos Classics)
Emile Zola, Cronos Classics
book
La Fortune des Rougon
Emile Zola
book
La curée
Emile Zola
audiobookbook
Fécondité
Emile Zola
book
Emile Zola - Oeuvres complètes : Classcompilé n° 2 - [110 titres]
Emile Zola
book
L'Œuvre (Cronos Classics)
Emile Zola, Cronos Classics
book
L'argent
Emile Zola
audiobookbook
Thérese Raquin
Emile Zola
book