La Conquête de Plassans

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La Conquête de Plassans is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola, part of his Rougon-Macquart series, that explores political and religious intrigue in a small Provençal town during the Second Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naturalist novel
novel
author Émile Zola
countryOfOrigin France
depicts political maneuvering under Napoleon III
rise of clerical power in a provincial town
explores impact of politics on provincial life
psychological deterioration
role of the Catholic Church in society
featuresFamily Rougon family
surface form: Mouret family

Rougon family
fictionalTownBasedOn Aix-en-Provence
followedBy La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret
follows La Curée
genre political novel
religious novel
hasCharacter Abbé Faujas
François Mouret
Marthe Rougon
Mouret family members
Rougon family members
hasFictionalTown Plassans
languageOfTitle French
literaryCycleCreator Émile Zola
literaryMovement Naturalism
literaryPeriod 19th-century French literature
literaryTechnique naturalist observation
mainTheme clash between Church and State
family conflict
political intrigue
power and manipulation
religious influence
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
partOf Les Rougon-Macquart
surface form: Rougon-Macquart cycle
partOfProject Les Rougon-Macquart
surface form: Histoire naturelle et sociale d’une famille sous le Second Empire
positionInSeries fourth novel in Les Rougon-Macquart
protagonist Abbé Faujas
François Mouret
Marthe Rougon
publicationCentury 19th century
publisher Georges Charpentier NERFINISHED
series Les Rougon-Macquart
settingCountry France
settingLocation Plassans
settingPeriod Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
settingRegion Provence
titleTranslation La Conquête de Plassans self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Conquest of Plassans

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Les Rougon-Macquart hasPart La Conquête de Plassans
Émile Zola notableWork La Conquête de Plassans
La Conquête de Plassans titleTranslation La Conquête de Plassans self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Conquest of Plassans