Mark Leder
The Fat and the Thin, Book Three of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Florent, an escaped political prisoner, finds shelter with his half-brother Quenu, and his wife Lisa Quenu (a Macquart). They get him a job…
Abbe Mouret's Transgression, Book Five of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret…
The Sense of the Past
Ralph Pendrel of New York City is bequested an 18th century house in London. He travels back in time and meets an ancestor of the same name…
His Excellency Eugene Rougon, Book Six of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Here, in Zola's sixth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, we get to know Pierre and Felicite's eldest son, Eugene. He's the son that made …
A Love Episode, Book Eight of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
"A Love Episode" ("Une Page d'Amour") is the eighth volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle of novels. It deals with Hel…
Nana (Version 2), Book Nine of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Anna Coupeau, known as Nana, makes her debut in 1867 at the Theatre de Varietes, and is an instant sensation. It is as a prostitute, howeve…
L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Gervaise Macquart runs away to Paris with Lantier, to work as a washerwoman. Lantier abandons her and their two sons. She then marries the…
Impressions of Theophrastus Such (Version 2)
The ruminations and reflections of a minor scholar. - Summary by Mark Leder
The Cloven Foot
John Traverton goes to visit his uncle Jasper. Jasper wishes John to marry his adopted daughter, Laura. If he does so within one calendar y…
The Ladies' Paradise, Book Eleven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)
This is the sequel to "Piping Hot!", so the eleventh volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle. This is the story of Octave Mouret, …
Piping Hot (Pot Bouille), Book Ten of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Covering a two-year period, Zola recounts the lives, intrigues, quarrel and loves of a group of five families all living in what was at the …