Books set in Aix-en-Provence, France

Aix-en-Provence

• 1874

  The Conquest of PlassansLa Conquête de Plassans

  Émile Zola · novel · 1874

  A priest arrives in Plassans, Zola’s Aix, and takes over a household, then the whole town.

• 1871

  The Fortune of the RougonsLa Fortune des Rougon

  Émile Zola · novel · 1871

  1851: the coup d’état reaches Plassans, Zola’s name for Aix, and makes a family rich.