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.
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.
Engels
Emile Zola : 4 verhalen
In leven en dood
Oorlogsverhalen 1
Grote schrijvers, duistere kanten
Girls of the Street: Maggie by Crane, plus L'Assommoir and Nana
Lourdes by Emile Zola (Illustrated)
Paris by Emile Zola (Illustrated)
Truth by Emile Zola (Illustrated)
Therese Raquin by Emile Zola (Illustrated)
L'Œuvre
La Bête Humaine
J'accuse