The Fortune of the Rougons (Oxford World's Classics)
Pages: 301
|Published: 1 Jan 1871
Description
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.
Set in the fictitious Provençal town of Plassans,The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story of Silvère and Miette, two idealistic young supporters of the republican resistance to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état of December 1851. They join the woodcutters and peasants of the Var to seize control of Plassans, and are opposed by the Bonapartist loyalists led by Silvère's uncle, Pierre Rougon. Meanwhile, the foundations of the Rougon family and its illegitimate Macquart branch are being laid in the brutal beginnings of the Imperial regime.
Brian Nelson provides an engaging translation as well as a wide-ranging introduction that explains the background to the Rougon-Macquart series as well as the historical setting of the novel and its special qualities.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe.
In it we learn how the two branches of the family came about, and the origins of the hereditary weaknesses passed down the generations.
Set in the fictitious Provençal town of Plassans,The Fortune of the Rougons tells the story of Silvère and Miette, two idealistic young supporters of the republican resistance to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état of December 1851. They join the woodcutters and peasants of the Var to seize control of Plassans, and are opposed by the Bonapartist loyalists led by Silvère's uncle, Pierre Rougon. Meanwhile, the foundations of the Rougon family and its illegitimate Macquart branch are being laid in the brutal beginnings of the Imperial regime.
Brian Nelson provides an engaging translation as well as a wide-ranging introduction that explains the background to the Rougon-Macquart series as well as the historical setting of the novel and its special qualities.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe.
