Originally titled "L'Inondation ", The Flood is an 1880 novella by Émile Zola. Set in the village of Saint-Jory, several miles up the Garonne from Toulouse. It is the story of a family tragedy, told by its patriarch, seventy-year-old Louis Roubien. On a beautiful May day, the Garonne floods, washing away all the bridges; ruining nearly two thousand houses; drowning hundreds; and leaving twenty thousand starving to death. The novella describes the immediate impact this flood has on one household.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9788835354994 ● File size 1.1 MB ● Publisher Streetlib Book Publishing ● Published 2020 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7349981 ● Copy protection without