The Debacle

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The Debacle is the English title of Émile Zola’s historical novel depicting the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of the Second French Empire.

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The Debacle canonical 2

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instanceOf historical novel
novel
war novel
author Émile Zola
countryOfOrigin France
depicts Battle of Sedan
Franco-Prussian War
fall of the Second French Empire
describedAs Zola’s great war novel
followedByInSeries Doctor Pascal
followsInSeries Money
genre historical fiction
war fiction
hasAdaptation La Débâcle (film)
linked to: La Débâcle
hasCharacter General de Wimpffen
Jean Macquart
Maurice Levasseur
Napoleon III
hasEnglishTitle The Debacle
The Downfall
linked to: Downfall
hasSubject French army
linked to: French Army

Prussian army
linked to: Prussian Army

siege of Paris
influencedBy Franco-Prussian War eyewitness accounts
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Naturalism
mainTheme collapse of empire
human cost of war
military defeat
social criticism
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
originalTitle La Débâcle
partOf French literature
Rougon-Macquart cycle of novels
linked to: Les Rougon-Macquart
positionInSeries 19
publicationYear 1892
publisher Charpentier et Fasquelle
series Les Rougon-Macquart
settingPeriod 1870
1871
settingPlace France
Paris
Sedan
subject Paris Commune
Second French Empire

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La Débâcle hasTranslation The Debacle
The Debacle hasEnglishTitle The Debacle