Zola, Émile, 1840-19022017
Books, Manuscripts
'The Sin of Abbe Mouret' is the fifth novel in Zola's 'Rougon-Macquart' series. It follows Serge Mouret, a young priest, aspiring to perfect purity and sanctity. An illness leaves him with amnesia, and no longer knowing he is a priest, he falls in love with his nurse. Together they roam an Eden-l...