Project Gutenberg 2005-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 88 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile La Conquête de Plassans Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Marc D'Hooghe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "La Conquête de Plassans" by Émile Zola is a novel written during the late 19th century, specifically the naturalist period. The book revolves around the lives of the Mouret family, particularly focusing on the dynamics between the parents—Marthe and François Mouret—and their interaction with a new tenant, the abbé Faujas, who brings a sense of intrigue and tension into their household. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to Désirée, the young daughter of the Mouret family, who is playing with a hand-crafted doll while her mother, Marthe, engages in mending clothes. The scene is set in a tranquil setting, highlighting family life and the simple joys of childhood. The arrival of two boys, Octave and Serge, and their interactions with their mother add to the familial atmosphere. The focus then shifts to the tension surrounding their father, François, who is discussed as being late to return home from a meeting with some local farmers, hinting at the complexities of his business dealings, his authoritarianism at home, and the introduction of the abbé Faujas who is set to occupy the second floor of their house. Zola's opening lays the groundwork for exploring themes of social dynamics, familial relationships, and the subtle undercurrents of tension that characterize life in the small town of Plassans. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Clergy -- France -- Fiction France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction Insanity (Law) -- France -- Fiction Psychiatric hospitals -- France -- Fiction Confessors -- France -- Fiction Christian life -- France -- Fiction Priests -- France -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 801229 801109 2024-10-04T08:31:00.629911 2023-10-04T07:58:35.166803 text/html text/html 801222 801102 2024-10-04T08:31:00.974929 2023-10-04T07:58:35.412783 text/html text/html 362251 2024-10-04T08:31:12.529845 application/epub+zip 376517 2024-10-04T08:31:04.492914 application/epub+zip 368520 2024-10-04T08:31:02.963885 application/epub+zip 676082 2024-10-04T08:31:18.537819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 641943 2024-10-04T08:31:11.501850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597574 2022-09-04T11:40:30.874525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 739287 739218 2024-10-04T08:31:00.039904 2023-10-04T07:58:34.724782 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 722368 2013-05-31T10:09:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 268290 2013-05-31T10:19:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21925 2024-10-04T08:31:18.904808 application/rdf+xml 15340 2024-10-04T08:31:03.676897 image/jpeg 4171 2024-10-04T08:31:03.403914 image/jpeg 358559 2024-10-04T08:31:01.044939 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia