Le Docteur Pascal by Émile Zola

Le Docteur Pascal

Les Rougon-Macquart #20

Émile Zola

missing page info Add in missing page information first pub 1893 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced

Description

"There's something of everything there, the best and the worst, the vulgar and the sublime, flowers, muck, tears, laughter, the river of life itself..." Pascal Rougon has served as a doctor in the rural French town of Plassans for thirty years. He...

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Community Reviews Summary of 33 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
emotional 66%
dark 33%
informative 33%
mysterious 33%
sad 33%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 33%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 33% | No: 33% | Yes: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 50% | Yes: 50%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

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3.49

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