Emile Zola
The Fortune of the Rougons
The Fortune of the Rougons
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The Fortune of the Rougons (1871) is a novel by Émile Zola that follows the lives of three siblings, Pierre, Silvère, and Adelaide, as they navigate the French Second Empire. The novel explores themes of family, politics, class, and history, and is considered an epic work of French literature.
Format: Hardback
Length: 294 pages
Publication date: 15 February 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press
The Fortune of the Rougons (1871) is a novel by French author Émile Zola, the first of twenty volumes in his monumental Les Rougon-Macquart series. This epic tale spans the French Second Empire and delves into family, politics, class, and history, tracing the diverse paths of several French citizens raised by the same mother. Zola offers a sweeping portrait of change that confronts controversy and truth, exploring heredity and human nature.
Adelaide Fouque, a woman from Plassans, a town in southern France, raises her son Pierre Rougon alongside her children from a brief and passionate affair. Despite their shared upbringing, the three children take vastly different paths in life. Pierre, driven by a desire to prove his legitimacy, becomes an ambitious middle-class man who yearns to win favor with the aristocracy and rise above his humble beginnings. Meanwhile, his half-siblings struggle to make a living for themselves and their working-class families.
As Pierre's ambitions lead him to disinherit the Macquarts and align himself with Napoleon III in an attempt to overthrow the French government, Silvère Mouret, Adelaide's grandson, and his lover Miette Chantegreil find themselves on the side of the republicans who resist Napoleon's coup.
The Fortune of the Rougons is a captivating story of family and fate, filled with thrilling details and a richly imagined world that Zola would continue to explore in nineteen subsequent volumes. This edition of the novel features a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, making it a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781513133218
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