This title is part of the "Les Rougon-Macquart" series which tells about two branches of a French family traced through several generations. The behaviour of the two families is shown to be conditioned by environment and inherited characteristics, chiefly drunkenness and mental instability.
- ISBN10 0140447539
- ISBN13 9780140447538
- Publish Date 25 May 2000 (first published 25 June 1970)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 22 October 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 480
- Language English