Dr. Pascal is Emile Zola's twentieth and final novel from the Rougon-Maccara series, first published in June 1893. Zola's plan was to show in a series of novels how heredity and the environment affected members of the same family during the Second Empire - the period of Napoleon III's dictatorship. Pascal Rougon, a doctor and scientist, devoted his whole life to creating a theory of heredity based on the example of five generations of his relatives with all their vices and passions, but the publication of these works would be a shame for the family ...
Genre: Foreign classics
Publisher: ARDIS
Authors: Emil Zola
Performers: Vladislav Pogiba
Translator: Konstantin Loks
Playing time: 13 hours 22 minutes
Age restrictions: 16+