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La Debacle

by Emile Zola

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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.

"First published as an Oxford World's Classics paperback 2000. Reissued 2017"--Title page verso.

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  • Oxford University Press, Brand
  • Nov 1, 2017 Pub Date:
  • 0198801890 ISBN-10:
  • 9780198801894 ISBN-13:
  • 592 Pages
  • 7.7 in * 5.1 in * 1.1 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: