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L'Inondation

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The Flood
AuthorÉmile Zola
Original titleL'Inondation
LanguageFrench
GenreShort story
Publication date
1880
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint

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 Roubieu.

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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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