The Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)

Émile Zola (1840 - 1902)
Translated by Henry Vizetelly (1820 - 1894)

The first book in the 20-novel Rougon-Macquart Cycle. A monument of French naturalism. The sprawling tale of a family in Provence, during the Second Empire, the family that grew out of the liaisons between Adelaide Fouque and her husband Rougons, and the smuggler Macquart. - Summary by Mark Leder

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Language: English

Group: The Rougon-Macquart Cycle

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction Mark Leder
00:13:52
Play 01 Author's Preface Mark Leder
00:03:52
Play 02 Chapter One, Part One Mark Leder
00:38:04
Play 03 Chapter One, Part Two Mark Leder
00:45:08
Play 04 Chapter Two, Part One Mark Leder
00:39:20
Play 05 Chapter Two, Part Two Mark Leder
01:05:51
Play 06 Chapter Three, Part One Mark Leder
00:44:43
Play 07 Chapter Three, Part Two Mark Leder
01:08:34
Play 08 Chapter Four, Part One Mark Leder
01:06:19
Play 09 Chapter Four, Part Two Mark Leder
01:02:59
Play 10 Chapter Five, Part One Mark Leder
01:00:40
Play 11 Chapter Five, Part Two Mark Leder
01:00:34
Play 12 Chapter Five, Part Three Mark Leder
00:37:39
Play 13 Chapter Six, Part One Mark Leder
01:02:38
Play 14 Chapter Six, Part Two Mark Leder
01:07:26
Play 15 Chapter Six, Part Three Mark Leder
01:02:53
Play 16 Chapter Six, Part Four Mark Leder
00:15:20
Play 17 Chapter Seven Mark Leder
01:01:20