Bibliograph

The debacle, Émile Zola ; translated with an introduction by L.W. Tancock

Type

Label

The debacle, Émile Zola ; translated with an introduction by L.W. Tancock

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The debacle

Oclc number

783320

Responsibility statement

Émile Zola ; translated with an introduction by L.W. Tancock

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate. But after they are thrown together during the disastrous Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, the pair are compelled to understand one other. Forging a profound friendship, they must struggle together to endure a disorganised and brutal war, the savage destruction of France's Second Empire and the fall of Napoleon III

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