Hélène Grandjean, a young widow living quietly in Passy with her delicate daughter Jeanne, falls in love with the doctor who saves the child’s life one night. Jeanne’s fierce, jealous devotion to her mother turns the affair into a struggle, set against Zola’s great descriptions of Paris seen from the heights.
One of the most intimate novels of the Rougon-Macquart cycle, with a biographical introduction to Zola. Download the free EPUB.