Doctor Pascal (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Émile Zola
- First Published: 1893
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: The south of France
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: France or French people, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Doctors, Genetics, Heart attack or disease
- Locales: Aix-en-Provence, France
Characters Discussed
Pascal Rougon (pahs-KAHL rew- GOHN), a dedicated and selfless doctor interested in heredity. Using experimental methods, he is, to his mother’s dismay, using the members of his family as the field for his investigations. Feeling betrayed by the family’s efforts to destroy his files, Dr. Pascal fails in health. He is temporarily restored by a love affair with Clotilde but later suffers a heart attack and dies, after which the records of his research are destroyed.
Clotilde (kloh-TEELD), Pascal Rougon’s niece. Living in quiet happiness with Dr....
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Émile Zola (Censorship--Ready Reference series)Émile Zola (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Émile Zola (Short Fiction)Émile Zola (Long Fiction)Émile Zola (Drama)Émile Zola (Dictionary of World Biography)
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