Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola

"Abbe Mouret's Transgression" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1875. The fifth volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, it follows neurotic young priest Serge Mouret as he takes charge of a desolate Provençal parish. After a nervous breakdown leaves him with complete amnesia, Serge awakens in an overgrown estate where he meets Albine, a wild innocent girl. Together they experience an idyllic existence filled with biblical parallels, until a shocking discovery forces Serge to confront his past and faith. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Zola, Émile, 1840-1902
Translator Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred, 1853-1922
Uniform Title La faute de l'abbé Mouret. English
Title Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Faute_de_l%27Abb%C3%A9_Mouret
Credits Dagny and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Clergy -- Fiction
Subject France -- Fiction
Subject Catholics -- Fiction
Subject Sin -- Christianity -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 14200
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Most Recently Updated Oct 28, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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