The Debacle

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The Debacle is the English title of Émile Zola’s historical novel depicting the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of the Second French Empire.

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The Debacle canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel
novel
war novel
author Émile Zola
countryOfOrigin France
depicts Battle of Sedan (1870)
surface form: Battle of Sedan

Franco-Prussian War
fall of the Second French Empire
describedAs Zola’s great war novel
followedByInSeries Doctor Pascal
followsInSeries Money
genre historical fiction
war fiction
hasAdaptation La Débâcle
surface form: La Débâcle (film)
hasCharacter General de Wimpffen
Jean Macquart
Maurice Levasseur
Napoleon III of France
surface form: Napoleon III
hasEnglishTitle The Debacle self-link
Downfall
surface form: The Downfall
hasSubject French Army
surface form: French army

Prussian Army
surface form: Prussian army

siege of Paris
influencedBy Franco-Prussian War eyewitness accounts
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Naturalism
mainTheme collapse of empire
human cost of war
military defeat
social criticism
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
originalTitle La Débâcle
partOf French literature
Les Rougon-Macquart
surface form: Rougon-Macquart cycle of novels
positionInSeries 19
publicationYear 1892
publisher Charpentier et Fasquelle
series Les Rougon-Macquart
settingPeriod 1870
1871
settingPlace France
Paris
Sedan
subject Paris Commune
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire

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La Débâcle hasTranslation The Debacle
The Debacle hasEnglishTitle The Debacle self-link