Les Rougon-Macquart
Cycle of twenty novels by Émile Zola / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Les Rougon-Macquart [le ʁu.ɡɔ̃ ma.kaʁ] is the collective title given to a cycle of twenty novels by French writer Émile Zola. Subtitled Histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le Second Empire (Natural and social history of a family under the Second Empire), it follows the lives of the members of the two titular branches of a fictional family living during the Second French Empire (1852–1870) and is one of the most prominent works of the French naturalism literary movement.
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Author | Émile Zola |
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Country | France |
Language | French |
Genre | Naturalism |
Published | 1871–1893 |
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