Pauline Quenu, the daughter of shopkeepers in the Parisian business district Les Halles (see The Fat and the Thin, aka The Belly of Paris), is taken in by relatives on the coast of Normandy following the death of her parents. There, Pauline - kind and open-minded - is confronted with a gout-plagued host, his avaricious wife, and their lazy son, a morbid hypochondriac, whom she is expected to marry. While the family takes advantage of Pauline, using up the inheritance her parents left to her, Pauline is gradually transformed into a dejected and resigned young woman. Death and accident soon hang over the small house on the Norman coast...
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Having read 7 of the R-M books, i can say this is not my favorite (best so far is Germinal followed by L'Assoimor and the Beast Within) but it is always an experience reading his novels. This is without a doubt the saddest book I have ever read but Zola never disappoints. I always feel somehow changed after a Zola read. His books are so personal that I feel moved for days after completing one. There is something for everyone in his buffet of works; if you don't like one, just move on and you'll find one to your liking.
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