Émile Zola
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'Abbé Faujas has arrived!' The arrival of Abbé Faujas in the provincial town of Plassans has profound consequences for the community, and for the family of François Mouret in particular. Faujas and his mother come to lodge with François, his wife Marthe, and their three children, and Marthe quickly falls under the influence of the priest. Ambitious and unscrupulous, Faujas gradually infiltrates into all quarters of the town, intent on political...
2) Earth
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'Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.' Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest achievements, comparable to Germinal and L'Assommoir. Set in a village in the Beauce, in northern France, it depicts the harshness of the peasants' world and their visceral attachment to the land. Jean Macquart, a veteran of the battle of Solferino and...
3) Germinal
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Hijo de Gervaise Macquart et de su amante Lantier, el joven Étienne Lantier es despedido de su trabajo por haberle dado una bofetada a su patrón. Desempleado, se va al norte de la Francia en busca de trabajo. Es contratado en las minas de Montsou en donde vive condiciones de trabajo sumamente precarias.