# His Excellency [Son Exc. Eugène Rougon]

Author: Zola, Émile, 1840-1902; Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred, 1853-1922 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56654

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=His+Excellency+%5BSon+Exc.+Eug%C3%A8ne+Rougon%5D+Zola&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

We live at such high speed nowadays, and the Second French Empire is already so far behind us, that I am inclined to place _Son Excellence Eugène Rougon_ in the category of historical novels. In some degree it certainly belongs to another class of fiction, the political novel, which in Great Britain sprouted, blossomed, and faded away contemporaneously with the career of Benjamin Disraeli. But, unlike Disraeli's work, it does not deal with theories or possibilities. Whatever political matter it may contain is a record of incidents which really occurred, of intrigues which were matured, of opinions which were more or less publicly expressed while the third Napoleon was ruling France. In my...

## Chapters

- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Part 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/30/index.md)
- [Part 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Part 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Part 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/35/index.md)
- [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Part 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/34/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/33/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/32/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/36/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/his-excellency-son-exc-eugene-rougon-56654/chapters/37/index.md)