La fortuna de los Rougon

In 1871 Zola began the magnificent saga of The Rougon-Macquart. The first of the novels establishes the origins of the family, the legitimate branch (the Rougons) and the illegitimate (the Macquarts), in a small Provençal town, Plassans, inspired by Aix-en-Provence. The preparations for Louis Napoleon's coup d'état and its final victory serve as a means for the ambitions and rise of the Rougons and suppose the silencing of the Macquarts, one of whose members, the young and idealistic Silvére, is the only one to remain loyal. to the Republic.