This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret, the son of Francois and Marthe, is now a priest, in the little backwater of Artauds. After he suffers a breakdown, with subsequent amnesia, however, he enters into a romance with the childlike Albine, which leads to catastrophe. - Summary by Mark Leder
Chapters
1 Introduction 15 min 2 Book One, Chapter One 12 min 3 Book One, Chapter Two 20 min 4 Book One, Chapter Three 9 min 5 Book One, Chapter Four 15 min 6 Book One, Chapter Five 15 min 7 Book One, Chapter Six 14 min 8 Book One, Chapter Seven 12 min 9 Book One, Chapter Eight 16 min 10 Book One, Chapter Nine 7 min 11 Book One, Chapter Ten 11 min 12 Book One, Chapter Eleven 26 min 13 Book One, Chapter Twelve 23 min 14 Book One, Chapter Thirteen 13 min 15 Book One, Chapter Fourteen 39 min 16 Book One, Chapter Fifteen 26 min 17 Book One, Chapter Sixteen 18 min 18 Book One, Chapter Seventeen 13 min 19 Book Two, Chapter One 16 min 20 Book Two, Chapter Two 5 min 21 Book Two, Chapter Three 15 min 22 Book Two, Chapter Four 9 min 23 Book Two, Chapter Five 20 min 24 Book Two, Chapter Six 23 min 25 Book Two, Chapter Seven 26 min 26 Book Two, Chapter Eight 16 min 27 Book Two, Chapter Nine 22 min 28 Book Two, Chapter Ten 19 min 29 Book Two, Chapter Eleven 25 min 30 Book Two, Chapter Twelve 17 min 31 Book Two, Chapter Thirteen 10 min 32 Book Two, Chapter Fourteen 25 min 33 Book Two, Chapter Fifteen 15 min 34 Book Two, Chapter Sixteen 9 min 35 Book Two, Chapter Seventeen 13 min 36 Book Three, Chapter One 22 min 37 Book Three, Chapter Two 8 min 38 Book Three, Chapter Three 15 min 39 Book Three, Chapter Four 12 min 40 Book Three, Chapter Five 27 min 41 Book Three, Chapter Six 18 min 42 Book Three, Chapter Seven 22 min 43 Book Three, Chapter Eight 38 min 44 Book Three, Chapter Nine 52 min 45 Book Three, Chapter Ten 13 min 46 Book Three, Chapter Eleven 11 min 47 Book Three, Chapter Twelve 27 min 48 Book Three, Chapter Thirteen 7 min 49 Book Three, Chapter Fourteen 19 min 50 Book Three, Chapter Fifteen 12 min 51 Book Three, Chapter Sixteen 20 min
