Project Gutenberg 2017-09-05 Public domain in the USA. 154 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile Schwencke, J. J. Schwencke, J.J. Son Excellence Eugène Rougon. Dutch Zijn Excellentie Eugène Rougon Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Excellence_Eug%C3%A8ne_Rougon Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_Excellence_Eug%C3%A8ne_Rougon Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "Zijn Excellentie Eugène Rougon" by Émile Zola is a novel written in the late 19th century. This work is part of the "Les Rougons-Macquart" series, which chronicles the lives of the Rougon and Macquart families in the backdrop of Second Empire France. The novel focuses on Eugène Rougon, a prominent political figure navigating the complexities of power, ambition, and the political intrigue surrounding his position. The opening of the novel introduces us to a chaotic scene in the parliamentary chamber where the president is about to initiate discussions. Various politicians, including Eugène Rougon, are summoned into the session, expressing their mixed feelings about the state of affairs. Conversations among characters reveal the tension about Rougon's future with hints of political danger and possible dismissal looming over him. Amidst the mundane discussions and political maneuvering, there are undercurrents of personal relationships and ambitions, setting the stage for the unfolding drama of power dynamics and personal stakes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 926530 2025-07-22T07:42:22.743385 text/html 913906 2024-10-23T02:36:45 text/html 433658 2025-07-22T07:42:33.846294 application/epub+zip 435644 2025-07-22T07:42:25.050359 application/epub+zip 425608 2025-07-22T07:42:23.825398 application/epub+zip 706916 2025-07-22T07:42:40.201283 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649830 2025-07-22T07:42:32.813288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621552 2022-08-25T05:25:19.132335 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 837576 2025-07-22T07:42:21.035403 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 817662 2024-10-23T02:36:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16898 2025-07-22T07:42:40.347264 application/rdf+xml 13747 2025-07-22T07:42:23.942379 image/jpeg 2424 2025-07-22T07:42:23.884356 image/jpeg 400380 2025-07-22T07:42:22.826349 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia