Emile Zola

Trois nouvelles Les Trois nouvelles sont 1) Mais micoulin 2) la mort doliver becaille 3) Madame sourdis....

Louis Roubien has much to be thankful for. Now an old man, the head of a large family, his many hard years of work on the land have transformed him from a peasant farmer into a prosperous and satisfied freeholder, distributing his largesse among his relatives and the local community. But with success has come hubris, and when the rains, hitherto a...

Florent est un naufragé de la vie, reveur impénitent, insouciant, arreté par erreur au lendemain du 2 décembre et conduit au bagne de Cayenne. Il parvient a s'évader, gagne Paris et retrouve son demi-frere, Quenu, charcutier aux Halles nouvellement construites, formidable ventre de Paris. Sur les conseils de Quenu et de sa belle-soeur, la sublime...

'Abbe Faujas has arrived!'The arrival of Abb Faujas in the provincial town of Plassans has profound consequences for the community, and for the family of Franois Mouret in particular. Faujas and his mother come to lodge with Franois, his wife Marthe, and their three children, and Marthe quickly falls under the influence of the priest....

'The irresistible power of money, a lever that can lift the world. Love and money are the only things.'Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he schemes and manipulates his way to power. Financial undertakings...

'AbbA(c) Faujas has arrived!'The arrival of Abb Faujas in the provincial town of Plassans has profound consequences for the community, and for the family of Franois Mouret in particular. Faujas and his mother come to lodge with Franois, his wife Marthe, and their three children, and Marthe quickly falls under the influence of the priest....