The Fortune of the Rougons

Name: The Fortune of the Rougons
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Émile Zola
ISBN: 9781802561067

Author: Émile Zola

Narrator: Eloise Fairfax

Unabridged: 12 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 10/17/2024

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

We enter the world of a fictional town of Plassans in Zola's native region of Provence and we are introduced to the eccentric heroine Adelaide Fouque, later known as Tante Dide, who becomes the common ancestor for both the Rougon and Macquart families. Her legitimate son from her short marriage to her late husband, a labourer named Rougon who worked on Dide's land, is forced to grow up alongside two illegitimate children.

About Émile Zola

Emile Zola, born in 1840, was the founder of the Naturalist movement in French literature. His novel Thérèse Raquin caused a scandal on publication and was followed by his brilliant Rougon-Macquart cycle (1871-1893), a series of twenty novels focussed on one family. Zola died in mysterious circumstances in 1902, the victim of an accident or murder.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Blaine on July 26, 2021

It is daunting task, to both write and read a 20-volume series set during the 2nd Empire of France from 1850-1871. Yet, if Emile Zola is up to the task, I figured it was about time for me to start reading! And this is Book 1 of the series and introduces us to the founding families upon which this sto......more