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ITHthepresentworkM.ZolacompletestheTrilogyoftheThree
Cities,whichhebeganwithLourdesandcontinuedwithRome;and
thustheadventuresandexperiencesofAbbePierreFroment,thedoubting
Catholicpriestwhofailedtofindfaithatthemiraculousgrottobythe
Cave,andhopeamidstthecrumblingtheocracyoftheVatican,arehere
broughttowhat,fromM.Zola'spointofview,istheirlogical
conclusion.FromthefirstpagesofLourdes,manyreaderswillhave
divinedthatAbbeFromentwasboundtofinishashedoes,for,frankly,
nootherfinishwaspossiblefromawriterofM.Zola'sopinions. |
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