Stranit͡sa li͡ubvi

the long version

V romane "dominiruet tema li͡ubvi, neobʺi͡asnimogo vlechenii͡a, podobnogo udaru molnii"--Page 4 of cover. Une page d'amour is the eighth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Emile Zola, set among the petite bourgeoisie in Second Empire suburban Paris. The story takes place in 1854-1855. When the novel begins, Hélène has been widowed 18 months, living in what was then the Paris suburb of Passy with her 11-year-old daughter Jeanne. Her husband Charles Grandjean fell ill the day after they arrived from Marseilles and died eight days later ...