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 LederCopyright Crime and Mystery Genre