''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
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
, it is the story of a family tragedy, told by its patriarch, seventy-year-old Louis Roubieu.
Plot summary
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.
External links
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1880 French novels
Novels by Émile Zola
Novels set in France
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