Covering a two-year period, Zola recounts the lives, intrigues, quarrel and loves of a group of five families all living in what was at the time an entirely new social construct, the apartment building. This marks the midpoint of Zola's immense undertaking, the Rougon-Macquart Cycle. - Summary by Mark Leder
Chapters
1 Preface 32 min 2 Chapter One, Part One 21 min 3 Chapter One, Part Two 27 min 4 Chapter Two, Part One 23 min 5 Chapter Two, Part Two 23 min 6 Chapter Three, Part One 22 min 7 Chapter Three, Part Two 33 min 8 Chapter Four, Part One 24 min 9 Chapter Four, Part Two 24 min 10 Chapter Five, Part One 22 min 11 Chapter Five, Part Two 31 min 12 Chapter Six, Part One 22 min 13 Chapter Six, Part Two 27 min 14 Chapter Seven, Part One 21 min 15 Chapter Seven, Part Two 29 min 16 Chapter Eight, Part One 22 min 17 Chapter Eight, Part Two 25 min 18 Chapter Nine, Part One 21 min 19 Chapter Nine, Part Two 23 min 20 Chapter Ten, Part One 19 min 21 Chapter Ten, Part Two 18 min 22 Chapter Eleven, Part One 23 min 23 Chapter Eleven, Part Two 22 min 24 Chapter Twelve, Part One 25 min 25 Chapter Twelve, Part Two 29 min 26 Chapter Thirteen, Part One 22 min 27 Chapter Thirteen, Part Two 25 min 28 Chapter Fourteen, Part One 25 min 29 Chapter Fourteen, Part Two 27 min 30 Chapter Fifteen, Part One 23 min 31 Chapter, Fifteen, Part Two 20 min 32 Chapter Fifteen, Part Three 14 min 33 Chapter Sixteen, Part One 20 min 34 Chapter Sixteen, Part Two 17 min 35 Chapter Seventeen, Part One 24 min 36 Chapter Seventeen, Part Two 30 min 37 Chapter Eighteen, Part One 24 min 38 Chapter Eighteen, Part Two 20 min
