The Rougon Family Fortune

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The Rougon Family Fortune

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Also known as: “La Fortune des Rougon”, “The Fortune of the Rougons”(Show More)

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Émile Zola
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La Fortune des Rougon (The Rougon Family Fortune), the first novel in the series, began to appear in serial form in 1870, was interrupted by the outbreak of the Franco-German War in July, and was eventually published in book form in October 1871. Zola went on to produce these…
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La Fortune des Rougon (The Rougon Family Fortune), the first novel in the series, began to appear in serial form in 1870, was interrupted by the outbreak of the Franco-German War in July, and was eventually published in book form in October 1871. Zola went on to produce these…
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Rougon-Macquart cycle
The series began with La Fortune des Rougon (1871; The Rougon Family; also translated as The Fortune of the Rougons), which introduces the Rougons (the legitimate branch) and the Macquarts (the illegitimate and lower-class branch). Zola examines the impact of environment by varying the social, economic, and professional milieu…
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The series began with La Fortune des Rougon (1871; The Rougon Family; also translated as The Fortune of the Rougons), which introduces the Rougons (the legitimate branch) and the Macquarts (the illegitimate and lower-class branch). Zola examines the impact of environment by varying the social, economic, and professional milieu…
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