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The Fortune of the Rougons is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Zola, Émile (1840–1902).
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"The Fortune of the Rougons" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1871. It opens the twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart series, tracing two branches of a family descended from the troubled Adelaide Fouque. Against the backdrop of Napoleon III's 1851 coup d'état in provincial France, the ambitious Rougons scheme for wealth and status while their working-class Macquart relatives struggle to survive. A young couple's idealistic romance collides with political upheaval as family destinies unfold.
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- Title: The Fortune of the Rougons
- Author credits: Zola, Émile (1840–1902)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- France -- History -- 1848-1870 -- Fiction
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- Category: French Literature
- Category: Historical Novels
- Category: Novels
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