The Fortune of the Rougons(II) 盧貢家的發跡(英文版)
TheFortuneoftheRougonsisthefirstnovelin?mileZola'smonumentaltwenty-volumeseriesLesRougon-Macquart,originallypublishedin1871.ThenovelispartlyanoriginstorywhichaccountoftheDecember1851coupd'étatthatcreatedtheFrenchSecondEmpireunderNapoleonIIIasexperiencedinalargeprovincialtowninsouthernFrance.SetinthefictitiousProven?altownofPlassans,TheFortuneoftheRougonstellsthestoryofSilvèreandMiette,twoidealisticyoungsupportersoftherepublicanresistancetoLouis-NapoleonBonaparte'scoupd'étatinDecember1851.TheyjointhewoodcuttersandpeasantsoftheVartoseizecontrolofPlassans,opposedbytheBonapartistloyalistsledbySilvère'suncle,PierreRougon.Meanwhile,thefoundationsoftheRougonfamilyanditsillegitimateMacquartbrancharebeinglaidinthebrutalbeginningsoftheImperialregime.Inthebookwelearnhowthetwobranchesofthefamilycameabout,andtheoriginsofthehereditaryweaknessespasseddownthegenerations.Murder,treachery,andgreedarethekeynotes,andjustastheEmpirewasestablishedthroughviolence.
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