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La débâcle / Émile Zola ; translated by Elinor Dorday ; with an introduction and notes by Robert Lethbridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Débâcle. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Fiction.
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871.
- Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871--Fiction.
- Paris (France).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (592 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This novel 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.
- Notes:
- Translated from the French.
- This translation previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191920134
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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