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The penultimate novel of the Rougon-Macquart cycle, La Debacle (1892) takes as its subject the dramatic events of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-1. During Zola's lifetime it was the bestselling of all his novels, praised by contemporaries for its epic sweep as... Read Full Overview

Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate. But after they... Read Full Overview

La D?b'cle paru en 1892 est le seul livre de Zola dont le sujet est un ?v?nement historique, le seul aussi qui est consacr? ? la guerre. C'est le 19?me et avant dernier volume de la s?rie des Rougon-Macquart.Jean Macquart, d?j? personnage principal de La Terre, a repris du service... Read Full Overview

La D b cle est un roman d' mile Zola publi en 1892, le dix-neuvi me volume de la s rie les Rougon-Macquart, dont il constitue la conclusion historique.Le premier roman (la Fortune des Rougon) voquait le coup d' tat du 2 d cembre, qui mit en place le second Empire; celui-ci... Read Full Overview

The penultimate novel of the Rougon-Macquart cycle, La Debacle (1892) concerns the dramatic events of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-71. During Zola's lifetime it was the best-selling of all his novels, praised by contemporaries for its epic sweep as well as... Read Full Overview

1870. La France de Napol on III est en guerre contre la Prusse. Nous suivrons le caporal Jean Macquart, paysan d j aper u dans La terre, un peu rustre mais dot d'un grand coeur; et Maurice, l' rudit aux grandes id es politiques, effar de la grossi ret des soldats, mais loyal... Read Full Overview

Texte original. deux kilom tres de Mulhouse, vers le Rhin, au milieu de la plaine fertile, le camp tait dress . Sous le jour finissant de cette soir e d'ao t, au ciel trouble, travers de lourds nuages, les tentes-abris s'alignaient, les faisceaux luisaient, s'espa aient r... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

In the middle of the broad, fertile plain that stretches away in the direction of the Rhine, a mile and a quarter from Mulhausen, the camp was pitched. In the fitful light of the overcast August day, beneath the lowering sky that was filled with heavy drifting clouds, the long... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Downfall is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus... Read Full Overview