A love story / Émile Zola ; translated by Helen Constantine ; with an introduction and notes by Brian Nelson.

Author
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xxix, 271 pages ; 20 cm

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    Helene Grandjean, an attractive young widow, lives a secluded life in Paris with her only child, Jeanne. Jeanne is a delicate and nervous girl who jealously guards her mother's affections. When Jeanne falls ill, she is attended by Dr Deberle, whose growing admiration for Helene gradually turns into mutual passion. Deberle's wife Juliette, meanwhile, flirts with a shallow admirer, and Helene, intent on preventing her adultery, precipitates a crisis whose consequences are far-reaching. Jeanne realizes she has a rival for Helene's devotion in the doctor, and begins to exercise a tyrannous hold over her mother. The eighth novel in Zola's celebrated Rougon-Macquart series, A Love Story is an intense psychological and nuanced portrayal of love's different guises. Zola's study extends most notably to the city of Paris itself, whose shifting moods reflect Helene's emotional turmoil in passages of extraordinary lyrical description. -- Amazon.com
    Notes
    • Translated from the French.
    • Eighth in the author's 20 novel series: Rougon-Macquart.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
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    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Translator's Note
    • Select Bibliography
    • A Chronology of Emile Zola. A LOVE STORY. Part One
    • Part Two
    • Part Three
    • Part Four
    • Part Five. Explanatory Notes.
    ISBN
    • 9780198728641
    • 0198728646
    OCLC
    983824594
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    H - S
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