"The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 4" by Émile Zola is a story set in Lourdes, France, where people journey seeking miracles. The main focus is on Marie, a hopeful young woman longing for a cure, while around her, other patients are tragically consumed by their terminal conditions, notably Madame Vetu, whose passing casts a shadow despite everyone's prayers. The story highlights contrasting emotions of hope and despair as the characters struggle with faith, sickness, and what it means to be human, all within the setting of a famous pilgrimage site. It explores the desire for healing and the spiritual questions that come with both belief and suffering.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 4
By Émile Zola
In a place of miracles, a young woman's desperate hope for healing clashes with the harsh reality of death and questions the very nature of faith.
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About the AuthorÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse…!  Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel prizes in literature in 1901 and 1902.
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse…!  Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel prizes in literature in 1901 and 1902.
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