Abbe Mouret's Transgression : 9781503135956

Serge Mouret, the younger son of Fran?ois Mouret (see The Conquest of Plassans), was ordained to the priesthood and appointed Cur? of Les Artaud, a squalid village in Provence, to whose degenerate inhabitants he ministered with small encouragement. He had inherited the family taint of the Rougon-Macquarts, which in him took the same form as in the case of his mother-a morbid religious enthusiasm bordering on hysteria. Brain fever followed, and bodily recovery left the priest without a mental past. Dr. Pascal Rougon, his uncle, hoping to save his reason, removed him from his accustomed surroundings and left him at the Paradou, the neglected demesne of a ruined mansion-house near Les Artaud, where he was nursed by Albine, niece of the caretaker. The Abb? fell in love with Albine, and, oblivious of his vows, broke them...

Author: Ernest Vizetelly

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Nov 14, 2014

Number of Pages: 348 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1503135950

ISBN-13: 9781503135956