A Love Affair
Edition: First English Edition
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Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with chipping and wear along edges and spine; some minor damage and soiling visible. Price clipped. Protected in protective sleeve. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings noted from image. Binding: Intact, crease on front of binding but very structural. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A masterwork of French naturalism, A Love Affair (originally published as Une Page d'Amour) is one of Émile Zola's most intimate and psychologically rich entries in his celebrated Rougon-Macquart cycle. The novel chronicles the passionate and tormented relationship between Hélène Grandjean, a reserved widow, and Dr. Henri Deberle, a married man whose attentions awaken a desire she struggles desperately to suppress. Zola masterfully illustrates the tension between moral duty and human longing, set against the sprawling panorama of Paris, which itself becomes a living, breathing character throughout the narrative. Translated here into English by Jean Stewart, the novel retains its melancholic, restrained tone, presenting a deeply human story of love, guilt, sacrifice, and loss that resonates long after the final page.
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Edition: First English Edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair to Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with chipping and wear along edges and spine; some minor damage and soiling visible. Price clipped. Protected in protective sleeve. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings noted from image. Binding: Intact, crease on front of binding but very structural. Stickers/Labels: None visible.
A masterwork of French naturalism, A Love Affair (originally published as Une Page d'Amour) is one of Émile Zola's most intimate and psychologically rich entries in his celebrated Rougon-Macquart cycle. The novel chronicles the passionate and tormented relationship between Hélène Grandjean, a reserved widow, and Dr. Henri Deberle, a married man whose attentions awaken a desire she struggles desperately to suppress. Zola masterfully illustrates the tension between moral duty and human longing, set against the sprawling panorama of Paris, which itself becomes a living, breathing character throughout the narrative. Translated here into English by Jean Stewart, the novel retains its melancholic, restrained tone, presenting a deeply human story of love, guilt, sacrifice, and loss that resonates long after the final page.
