The Downfall

The Downfall
Author: Émile Zola
Publisher:
Total Pages: 592
Release: 1892
Genre: Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
ISBN:

La Debacle

La Debacle
Author: Emile Zola
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2017
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0198801890

La Debacle is the penultimate novel in Zola's great Rougon-Macquart cycle. A stirring account of profound friendship between two soldiers from opposite ends of the class divide during the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-1.

The Downfall

The Downfall
Author: Émile Joseph Zola
Publisher:
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2017-10-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781977833556

The penultimate novel of the Rougon-Macquart cycle, La Debacle (1892) takes as its subject the dramatic events of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-1. During Zola's lifetime it was the bestselling of all his novels, praised by contemporaries for its epic sweep as well as for its attention to historical detail. La Debacle seeks to explain why the Second Empire ended in a crushing military defeat and revolutionary violence. It focuses on ordinary soldiers, showing their bravery and suffering in the midst of circumstances they cannot control, and includes some of the most powerful description Zola ever wrote. Zola skilfully integrates his narrative of events and the fictional lives of his characters to provide the finest account of this tragic chapter in the history of France. Often compared to War and Peace, La Debacle has been described as a "seminal" work for all modern depictions of war.

The Downfall

The Downfall
Author: Émile Zola
Publisher:
Total Pages: 624
Release: 1892
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The Downfall

The Downfall
Author: Emile Zola
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre:
ISBN:

La Débâcle is a novel by Émile Zola published in 1892, the penultimate in Les Rougon-Macquart series. The story is set against the background of the political and military events that ended the reign of Napoléon III and the Second Empire in 1870, in particular the Franco-Prussian War, the Battle of Sedan and the Paris Commune. The novel has been translated as The Debacle and The Downfall. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing tried to read the novel in French in February 1896, through "intervals of rage", but without specifying what was the cause.

The Downfall

The Downfall
Author: Émile Zola
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2017-11-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781981274000

La D�b�cle is a novel by �mile Zola published in 1892, the penultimate in les Rougon-Macquart series. The novel is by far the longest of the Rougon-Macquart series and it starts in the summer of 1870, when after serious diplomatic tensions, France has declared war on Prussia. Its main character is Jean Macquart, a farmer who after having lost his wife and land, has joined the army for the campaign of 1870. The main theme is the brutality of war for the common soldier and for the civilian population as it is hit by losses of family and friends and by economic hardship.

The Downfall (La Debacle. The Rougon-Macquart)

The Downfall (La Debacle. The Rougon-Macquart)
Author: Emile Zola
Publisher: Mondial
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2015-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1595691111

In "The Downfall" Zola tells the story of a terrific land-slide which overwhelmed the French Second Empire: It is a story of war, grim and terrible; of a struggle to the death between two great nations. In it the author has put much of his finest work, and the result is one of the masterpieces of literature. The hero is Jean Macquart, son of Antoine Macquart and brother of Gervaise. After the terrible death of his wife, as told in "La Terre" ("The Soil"), Jean enlisted for the second time in the army, and went through the campaign up to the battle of Sedan. After the capitulation he was made prisoner, and in escaping was wounded. When he returned to active service he took part in crushing the excesses of the Commune in Paris... The Downfall has been described as "a prose epic of modern war," and vast though the subject be, it is treated in a manner that is powerful, painful, and pathetic.

The Downfall

The Downfall
Author: Émile Zola
Publisher: Arkose Press
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781345790399

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DOWNFALL (LA DEBACLE) A STORY

DOWNFALL (LA DEBACLE) A STORY
Author: Emile 1840-1902 Zola
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781361950579

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.