The Fortune of the Rougons

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Émile Zola Brian Nelson (Emeritus Professor of French Studies and Translation, Monash University, Melbourne)

The Fortune of the Rougons

Émile Zola, Brian Nelson (Emeritus Professor of French Studies and Translation, Monash University, Melbourne)

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English

Worlds Classics
21 August 2012

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions; Cultural studies

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.'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 in December 1851. They join the woodcutters and peasants of the Var to seize control of Plassans, 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.

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. Murder, treachery, and greed are the keynotes, and just as the Empire was established through violence, the 'fortune' of the Rougons is paid for in blood.

By: Émile Zola
Translated by: Brian Nelson (Emeritus Professor of French Studies and Translation Monash University Melbourne)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9780199560998
ISBN 10: 0199560994
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 21 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Fortune of the Rougons

Reading Brian Nelson's Introduction to The Fortune of the Rougons is a real treat. * Lisa Hill, ANZLitLovers * The edition I read was the Oxford World's Classics translation by Brian Nelson and it's excellent ... as an introduction [to Zola] this has been such an inspiring read. * Desperate Reader *