{"product_id":"the-conquest-of-plassans-9780199664788","title":"The Conquest of Plassans","description":"'Abbe Faujas has arrived ' The arrival of Abbe Faujas in the provincial town of Plassans has profound consequences for the community, and for the family of Franois Mouret in particular. Faujas and his mother come to lodge with Franois, his wife Marthe, and their three children, and Marthe quickly falls under the influence of the priest. Ambitious and unscrupulous, Faujas gradually infiltrates into all quarters of the town, intent on political as well as religious conquest. Intrigue, slander, and insinuation tear the townsfolk apart, creating suspicion and distrust, and driving the Mourets to ever more extreme actions. The fourth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart sequence, The Conquest of Plassans returns to the fictional Provenal town from which the family sprang in The Fortune of the Rougons. In one of the most psychological of his novels, Zola links small-town politics to the greater political and national dramas of the Second Empire. The first modern translation for more than fifty years and the first critical edition, features a fascinating introduction and helpful notes by Man Booker Prize nominated novelist and poet Patrick McGuinness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199664788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Emile Zola, Helen Constantine, Patrick McGuinness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635177943196,"sku":"9780199664788","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3795de50-d548-4c2e-881e-3a6faa658a57.jpg?v=1603838783","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-conquest-of-plassans-9780199664788","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}