{"product_id":"la-debacle-9780198801894","title":"La Debacle","description":"The penultimate novel of the Rougon-Macquart cycle, \u003cem\u003eLa Debacle\u003c\/em\u003e (1892) takes as its subject the dramatic events of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of 1870-1. During Zola's lifetime it was the bestselling of all his novels, praised by contemporaries for its epic sweep as well as for its\u003cbr\u003eattention to historical detail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Debacle\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to explain why the Second Empire ended in a crushing military defeat and revolutionary violence. It focuses on ordinary soldiers, showing their bravery and suffering in the midst of circumstances they cannot control, and includes some of the most powerful description Zola ever\u003cbr\u003ewrote. Zola skilfully integrates his narrative of events and the fictional lives of his characters to provide the finest account of this tragic chapter in the history of France. Often compared to \u003cem\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Debacle\u003c\/em\u003e has been described as a seminal work for all modern depictions of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10364308\"\u003eEmile Zola\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198801894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198801890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO008020\"\u003eEuropean | French\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElinor Dorday\u003c\/strong\u003e studied French and Russian at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and translation at the British Institute in Paris (University of London). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Lethbridge \u003c\/strong\u003ewas the seventh Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge from 2005-2013. He has edited Zola's \u003cem\u003eL'Assommoir\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGerminal\u003c\/em\u003e for Oxford World's Classics.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669363134701,"sku":"9780198801894","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_02f36156-0776-434b-9668-ae329a535b94.jpg?v=1649474826","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/la-debacle-9780198801894","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}