The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: drama In the sun-baked Provençal town of Plassans, the Second Empire's politics seep into every parlor and confessional. Francois Mouret, a cautious, self-made municipal official, wants nothing more than a quiet life with his delicate wife, Marthe, and their children in the old family house on the Rue de la Banne. That peace ends when they take in a new lodger, the priest Abbe Faujas, a man whose piety masks a cold patience and a talent for reading weaknesses. As rival factions in Plassans maneuver for influence, Faujas becomes the perfect instrument for a shadowy political mission, insinuating himself into drawing rooms, church circles, and the Mourets' private life. Marthe, hungry for certainty and spiritual direction, drifts toward devotion that blurs into obsession, while Francois finds his authority, his marriage, and even his sanity challenged by forces he cannot easily name. With relentless realism, Zola turns a domestic arrangement into a pressure cooker, exposing how ambition, religion, and gossip can conquer a household as thoroughly as an army conquers a city. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:17:09) Chapter 01 (00:34:46) Chapter 02 (01:04:27) Chapter 03 (01:32:27) Chapter 04 (01:59:56) Chapter 05 (02:33:41) Chapter 06 (03:14:43) Chapter 07 (03:53:40) Chapter 08 (04:27:32) Chapter 09 (05:00:54) Chapter 10 (05:35:56) Chapter 11 (06:14:31) Chapter 12 (06:47:11) Chapter 13 (07:22:36) Chapter 14 (08:00:21) Chapter 15 (08:48:04) Chapter 16 (09:38:46) Chapter 17 (10:28:27) Chapter 18 (11:22:47) Chapter 19 (12:13:31) Chapter 20 (13:17:02) Chapter 21 (13:50:45) Chapter 22 (14:23:01) Chapter 23 (14:57:59) Chapter 24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices