The Fete at Coqueville (The Coqueville Spree. French Classics) [Paperback]

Emile Zola (Author), Edmund Gosse (Editor), L. G. Meyer (Translator)

Book Description

Series: The Coqueville Spree. French Classics | Publication Date: January 10, 2008

Zola has rarely displayed the quality of humour, but it is present in the story called "The Fete at Coqueville" ("La Fete a Coqueville"). Coqueville is the name given to a very remote Norman fishing-village, set in a gorge of rocks, and almost inaccessible except from the sea. Here a sturdy population of some hundred and eighty souls, all sprung from two rival families, live in the condition of a tiny Verona, torn between contending interests. A ship laden with liqueurs is wrecked on the rocks outside, and one precious cask after another comes riding into Coqueville over the breakers. The villagers spend a glorious week of perfumed inebriety... A very amusingly and very picturesquely told story. With an essay by Edmund Gosse about "The Short Stories of Zola."

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Mondial (January 10, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595690867
• ISBN-13: 978-1595690869
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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