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In the middle of the broad, fertile plain that stretches away in the direction of the Rhine, a mile and a quarter from Mulhausen, the camp was pitched. In the fitful light of the overcast August day, beneath the lowering sky that was filled with heavy drifting clouds, the long lines of squat white shelter-tents seemed to cower closer to the ground, and the muskets, stacked at regular intervals along the regimental fronts, made little spots of brightness, while over all the sentries with loaded pieces kept watch and ward, motionless as statues, straining their eyes to pierce the purplish mists that lay on the horizon and showed where the mighty river ran. It was about five o'clock when they had come in from Belfort; it was now eight, and the men had only just received their rations. There could be no distribution of wood, however, the wagons having gone astray, and it had therefore been impossible for them to make fires and warm their soup. They had consequently been obliged to content themselves as best they might, washing down their dry hard-tack with copious draughts of brandy, a proceeding that was not calculated greatly to help their tired legs after their long march. Near the canteen, however, behind the stacks of muskets, there were two soldiers pertinaciously endeavoring to elicit a blaze from a small pile of green wood, the trunks of some small trees that they had chopped down with their sword-bayonets, and that were obstinately determined not to burn. The cloud of thick, black smoke, rising slowly in the evening air, added to the general cheerlessness of the scene. There were but twelve thousand men there, all of the 7th corps that the general, Felix Douay, had with him at the time. The 1st division had been ordered to Froeschwiller the day before; the 3d was still at Lyons, and it had been decided to leave Belfort and hurry to the front with the 2d division, the reserve artillery, and an incomplete division of cavalry. Fires had been seen at Books Books ~~ Literary Collections~~ General Downfall~~Mile-Zola IAP 1902. French writer and critic, leader of the naturalist school. From the Introduction: The Downfall is the proem of the grand climax or interpretation found in Doctor Pascal, which gives the sum of the whole matter by exhibiting the order and meaning of the series. And what is the sum of the whole matter? The redemption of the human soul by love; for a more wonderful love story remains to be written! Can this be our experimentalist? Let the reader convince himself. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

ISBN: 9788562022715

In "The Downfall" Zola tells the story of a terrific land-slide which overwhelmed the French Second Empire: It is a story of war, grim and terrible; of a struggle to the death between two great nations. In it the author has put much of his finest work, and the result is one of the masterpieces of literature. The hero is Jean Macquart, son of Antoine Macquart and brother of Gervaise. After the terrible death of his wife, as told in "La Terre" ("The Soil"), Jean enlisted for the second time In "The Downfall" Zola tells the story of a terrific land-slide which overwhelmed the French Second Empire: It is a story of war, grim and terrible; of a struggle to the death between two great nations. In it the author has put much of his finest work, and the result is one of the masterpieces of literature. The hero is Jean Macquart, son of Antoine Macquart and brother of Gervaise. After the terrible death of his wife, as told in "La Terre" ("The Soil"), Jean enlisted for the second time in the army, and went through the campaign up to the battle of Sedan. After the capitulation he was made prisoner, and in escaping was wounded. When he returned to active service he took part in crushing the excesses of the Commune in Paris. The Downfall has been described as "a prose epic of modern war," and vast though the subject be, it is treated in a manner that is powerful, painful, and pathetic. Books, Literary Collections~~General, Downfall~~Mile-Zola, 999999999, The Downfall, Emile Zola, 8562022713, IAP, , , , , IAP

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: War and Ice, 360 Seiten, L=178mm, B=254mm, H=19mm, Gew.=621gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Fiction - General], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: 1902. French writer and critic, leader of the naturalist school. From the Introduction: The Downfall is the proem of the grand climax or interpretation found in Doctor Pascal, which gives the sum of the whole matter by exhibiting the order and meaning of the series. And what is the sum of the whole matter? The redemption of the human soul by love; for a more wonderful love story remains to be written! Can this be our experimentalist? Let the reader convince himself. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. 1902. French writer and critic, leader of the naturalist school. From the Introduction: The Downfall is the proem of the grand climax or interpretation found in Doctor Pascal, which gives the sum of the whole matter by exhibiting the order and meaning of the series. And what is the sum of the whole matter? The redemption of the human soul by love; for a more wonderful love story remains to be written! Can this be our experimentalist? Let the reader convince himself. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

ISBN: 9788562022715

1902. French writer and critic, leader of the naturalist school. From the Introduction: The Downfall is the proem of the grand climax or interpretation found in Doctor Pascal, which gives the sum of the whole matter by exhibiting the order and meaning of the series. And what is the sum of the whole matter? The redemption of the human soul by love; for a more wonderful love story remains to be written Can this be our experimentalist? Let the reader convince himself. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. The Downfall Zola, Emile, Iap - Information Age Pub. Inc.

1902, ISBN: 9788562022715

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: War and Ice], 1902. French writer and critic, leader of the naturalist school. From the Introduction: The Downfall is the proem of the grand climax or interpretation found in Doctor Pascal, which gives the sum of the whole matter by exhibiting the order and meaning of the series. And what is the sum of the whole matter? The redemption of the human soul by love; for a more wonderful love story remains to be written! Can this be our experimentalist? Let the reader convince himself. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]