| Abbe Mouret's Transgression Contributor(s): Vizetelly, Ernest (Translator), Zola, Emile (Author) |
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ISBN: 1503135950 ISBN-13: 9781503135956 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.03 lbs) 348 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Serge Mouret, the younger son of Fran ois Mouret (see The Conquest of Plassans), was ordained to the priesthood and appointed Cur 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. The Abb fell in love with Albine, and, oblivious of his vows, broke them... |