Project Gutenberg 2005-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 125 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile La Conquête de Plassans Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Conqu%C3%AAte_de_Plassans https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Conqu%C3%AAte_de_Plassans Produced by Carlo Traverso, Marc D'Hooghe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "La Conquête de Plassans" by Émile Zola is a novel written during the late 19th century, specifically the naturalist period. The book revolves around the lives of the Mouret family, particularly focusing on the dynamics between the parents—Marthe and François Mouret—and their interaction with a new tenant, the abbé Faujas, who brings a sense of intrigue and tension into their household. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to Désirée, the young daughter of the Mouret family, who is playing with a hand-crafted doll while her mother, Marthe, engages in mending clothes. The scene is set in a tranquil setting, highlighting family life and the simple joys of childhood. The arrival of two boys, Octave and Serge, and their interactions with their mother add to the familial atmosphere. The focus then shifts to the tension surrounding their father, François, who is discussed as being late to return home from a meeting with some local farmers, hinting at the complexities of his business dealings, his authoritarianism at home, and the introduction of the abbé Faujas who is set to occupy the second floor of their house. Zola's opening lays the groundwork for exploring themes of social dynamics, familial relationships, and the subtle undercurrents of tension that characterize life in the small town of Plassans. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Clergy -- France -- Fiction France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction Insanity (Law) -- France -- Fiction Psychiatric hospitals -- France -- Fiction Confessors -- France -- Fiction Christian life -- France -- Fiction Priests -- France -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 801401 2025-08-04T06:56:52.924721 text/html 801222 2025-01-11T21:59:44.551799 text/html 362315 2025-08-04T06:57:02.815179 application/epub+zip 376496 2025-08-04T06:56:55.986707 application/epub+zip 368499 2025-08-04T06:56:54.688714 application/epub+zip 676108 2025-08-04T06:57:08.157188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 641943 2025-08-04T06:57:02.052217 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597574 2022-09-04T11:40:30.874525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 739287 2025-08-04T06:56:52.387727 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 722368 2013-05-31T10:09:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19971 2025-08-04T06:57:08.285144 application/rdf+xml 15340 2025-08-04T06:56:55.250702 image/jpeg 4171 2025-08-04T06:56:54.932741 image/jpeg 268290 2013-05-31T10:19:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 358621 2025-08-04T06:56:52.988721 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia