The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans): Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans): author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans) is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Zola, Émile (1840–1902). The listed translation credits are Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred (1853–1922).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Conquest of Plassans" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1874. When a mysterious priest and his mother rent a room in the Mouret family home, their peaceful existence begins to unravel. Through calculated manipulation and political intrigue, Abbé Faujas infiltrates the provincial town of Plassans, leaving destruction in his wake. As the cleric's influence grows, the Mouret family faces increasingly dire consequences, building toward a shocking climax of violence and fury in this anticlerical drama.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans)
- Author credits: Zola, Émile (1840–1902)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred (1853–1922)
Catalogue subjects
- Christian life -- France -- Fiction
- Clergy -- France -- Fiction
- Confessors -- France -- Fiction
- France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction
- France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Insanity (Law) -- France -- Fiction
- Priests -- France -- Fiction
- Psychiatric hospitals -- France -- Fiction
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- Category: French Literature
- Category: Novels
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