Historical Fiction

Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)

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  • 1886 first published
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Émile Zola's Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2) (1886) is a historical fiction novel.

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About Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)

The first book in the 20-novel Rougon-Macquart Cycle. A monument of French naturalism. The sprawling tale of a family in Provence, during the Second Empire, the family that grew out of the liaisons between Adelaide Fouque and her husband Rougons, and the smuggler Macquart. - Summary by Mark Leder
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Who wrote Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)?

Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2) was written by Émile Zola and first published in 1886.

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It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction.

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