La Fortune des Rougon (The Fortune of the Rougons), originally published in 1871, is the first novel in Émile Zola's monumental twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. The novel is partly an origin story, with a large cast of characters - many of whom become the central figures of later novels in the series - and partly an account of the December 1851 coup d'état that created the French Second Empire under Napoleon III. The events are experienced through the eyes of a large provincial town in southern France. The title refers not only to the "fortune" chased by protagonists Pierre and Felicité Rougon, but also to the fortunes of the various disparate family members Zola introduces, whose lives are of central importance to later books in the series.
c'est long, mais pas inintéressant. juste pas vraiment ma came. on s'attarde beaucoup plus sur le paysage mental des protagonistes que sur leurs actions. des fois c'est beau, mais souvent il faut sortir les rames pour avancer.
je ne sais pas quand j'attaquerai le prochain tome des rougon-macquart. je suis curieux mais pas enthousiaste…
