A Love Episode by Émile Zola
"A Love Episode" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1878. It tells the story of Hélène Grandjean, a young widow living in suburban Paris with her fragile daughter Jeanne. When a doctor saves Jeanne's life, Hélène finds herself drawn into forbidden passion. As her feelings deepen, Jeanne becomes consumed by jealousy, sensing she is losing her mother's affection. The story explores the devastating collision between maternal devotion and romantic desire
in Second Empire France. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 |
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| Translator | Starkweather, C. C. |
| Uniform Title | Une page d'amour. English |
| Title | A Love Episode |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Une_page_d%27amour |
| Credits | Dagny, John Bickers and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women -- Psychology -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 13695 |
| Release Date | Oct 11, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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