# The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans)

By Émile Zola.

"The Conquest of Plassans" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1874. When a mysterious priest and his mother rent a room in the Mouret family home, their peaceful existence begins to unravel. Through calculated manipulation and political intrigue, Abbé Faujas infiltrates the provincial town of Plassans, leaving destruction in his wake. As the cleric's influence grows, the Mouret family faces increasingly dire consequences, building toward a shocking climax of violence and fury in this anticlerical drama. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
- Subjects: France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction; Clergy -- France -- Fiction; France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870 -- Fiction; Insanity (Law) -- France -- Fiction; Psychiatric hospitals -- France -- Fiction; Confessors -- France -- Fiction; Christian life -- France -- Fiction; Priests -- France -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Maquart Cycle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/20592) by Émile Zola (15 h, English)

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