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    La Fortune des Rougon (The Fortune of the Rougons), originally published in 1871, is the first novel in Émile Zola's monumental twenty-volume series Les...
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    family. In 1871, in the preface of La Fortune des Rougon, he explained his intent: The great characteristic of the Rougon-Macquarts, the group or family which...
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  • character is Eugène Rougon (b. 1811), the eldest son of Pierre and Félicité Rougon. Eugène is first introduced in La fortune des Rougon as a key player in...
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  • and 1860s. Vastly different from its predecessor and prequel La Fortune des Rougon, La Curée - the portion of the game thrown to the dogs after a hunt...
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    of France was recounted in La Fortune des Rougon, and who goes on to feature prominently in the later novel La Débâcle. La Terre describes the steady...
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  • Le Docteur Pascal (category Books of Les Rougon-Macquart)
    fictional town of Plassans is detailed in the first novel of the series La fortune des Rougon. Pascal, a physician in Plassans for 30 years, has spent his life...
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  • Une page d'amour (category Books of Les Rougon-Macquart)
    Hélène Grandjean 'née' Mouret (b. 1824), first introduced briefly in La fortune des Rougon. Hélène is the daughter of Ursule Mouret 'née' Macquart, the illegitimate...
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    novella (1880) Les Rougon-Macquart La Fortune des Rougon (1871) La Curée (1871–72) Le Ventre de Paris (1873) La Conquête de Plassans (1874) La Faute de l'Abbé...
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    L'Argent (category Books of Les Rougon-Macquart)
    Aristide Rougon) is the youngest son of Pierre and Félicité Rougon. He is first introduced in La fortune des Rougon. L'argent is a direct sequel to La curée...
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    store. Octave Mouret is introduced briefly in La fortune des Rougon. He plays a larger but background role in La conquête de Plassans, which focuses on his...
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