La Conquête de Plassans

La Conquête de Plassans
La Conquête de Plassans
AuthorÉmile Zola
LanguageFrench
SeriesLes Rougon-Macquart
GenreNovel
Publication date
1874
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint (Serial, Hardback & Paperback)
Pages352 (paperback)
Preceded byThe Dream 
Followed byPot Luck 

La Conquête de Plassans (1874) is the fourth novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. In many ways a sequel to the first novel in the cycle, La Fortune des Rougon (1871), this novel is again centred on the fictional Provençal town of Plassans and its plot revolves around a sinister cleric's attempt at political intrigue with disastrous consequences for some of the townsfolk.