The Conquest of Plassans

Émile Zola, Helen Constantine, Patrick McGuinness (Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of Oxford)

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English

Worlds Classics
24 June 2014

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'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 as well as religious

conquest. Intrigue, slander, and insinuation tear the townsfolk apart,

creating suspicion and distrust, and driving the Mourets to ever more extreme actions.

The fourth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart sequence, The Conquest of Plassans returns to the fictional Provençal town from which the family sprang in The Fortune of the Rougons.

In one of the most psychological of his novels, Zola links small-town

politics to the greater political and national dramas of the Second

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Readership: Readers

of classic fiction, French literature, the novels of Zola; students of

Modern Languages, the novel, Realism and Naturalism, cultural studies,

religion in literature.

By: Émile Zola
Introduction and notes by: Patrick McGuinness (Professor of French and Comparative Literature Professor of French and Comparative Literature University of Oxford)
Translated by: Helen Constantine
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 248g
ISBN: 9780199664788
ISBN 10: 0199664781
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 24 June 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active