The Flood: Short Story

by Emile Zola

Overview

Originally titled "L'Inondation ", The Flood is an 1880 novella by Émile Zola. Set in the village of Saint-Jory, several miles up the Garonne from Toulouse. It is the story of a family tragedy, told by its patriarch, seventy-year-old Louis Roubien. On a beautiful May day, the Garonne floods, washing away all the bridges; ruining nearly two thousand houses; drowning hundreds; and leaving twenty thousand starving to death. The novella describes the immediate impact this flood has on one household.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788835354994
Publisher:	Diamond Book Publishing
Publication date:	01/03/2020
Series:	Emile Zola Collection , #1
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Émile Zola (1840-1902) was one of the foremost writers of 19th-century French literature, and a key figure in the school of naturalistic fiction. Anthony Cummins writes for the Daily Telegraph and the Times Literary Supplement, and has written about Zola in the Review of English Studies and the Victorian Review.