| A Zola Dictionary Contributor(s): Patterson, J. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1419104365 ISBN-13: 9781419104367 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Serge Mouret, the younger son of Francois Mouret (see La Conquete de Plassans), was ordained to the priesthood and appointed cure of Les Artaud, a squalid village in Provence, to whose degenerate inhabitants he ministered with small encouragement. He had inherited the family taint of the Rougon-Macquarts, which in him took the same form as in the case of his mother--a morbid religious enthusiasm bordering on hysteria. Brain fever followed, and bodily recovery left the priest without a mental past. Dr. Pascal Rougon, his uncle, hoping to save his reason, removed him from his accustomed surroundings and left him at the Paradou, the neglected demesne of a ruined mansion-house near Les Artaud, where he was nursed by Albine, niece of the caretaker. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 843.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.00 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
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