The Conquest of Plassans /
�Emile Zola ; translated by Helen Constantine ; with an introduction and notes by Patrick McGuinness.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- 1 online resource (xxix, 307 pages).
- Oxford world's classics .
Translated from the French. This translation previously issued in print: 2014.
Includes bibliographical references.
An ambitious and unscrupulous priest arrives in the provincial town of Plassans, intent on conquering its political and social life. His arrival has profound consequences for the Mouret family, whose lives are turned upside down.
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France--History--Second Empire, 1852-1870--Fiction. France--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.