His Excellency Eugène Rougon
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Sell my copyAuthor: Emile Zola
Title: His Excellency Eug~A"ne Rougon
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 384
Release Date: 2018-06-26
Details: 'He loved power for power's sake . . . He was without question the greatest of the Rougons.'
His Excellency Eug`ene Rougon (1876) is the sixth novel in Zola's twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle. A political novel set in the corridors of power and in the upper echelons of French Second Empire society, including the Imperial court, it focuses on the fluctuating fortunes of the authoritarian Eug`ene Rougon, the "vice-Emperor." But it is more than just a chronicle. It plunges the reader into the essential dynamics of the political: the rivalries, the scheming, the jockeying for position, the ups and downs, the play of interests, the lobbying and gossip, the patronage and string-pulling, the bribery and blackmail, and, especially, the manipulation of language for political purposes. The novel's themes--especially its treatment of political discourse--have remarkable contemporary resonance. His Excellency Eug`ene Rougon is about politics everywhere.
EAN: 9780198748250
Package Dimensions: Height: 5.1 Inches, Length: 7.8 Inches, Weight: 0.58202037168 Pounds, Width: 0.8 Inches
