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        3. My name is Louis Roubien.
        4. Published five years before the famous Germinal, Zola's lesser-known novella.

          5. L'Inondation  

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          L'Inondation (The Flood) is an 1880 novella by Émile Zola.

          Set in the village of Saint-Jory, several miles up the Garonne from Toulouse, it is the story of a family tragedy, told by its patriarch, seventy-year-old Louis Roubieu.

          Plot summary

          On a beautiful May day, the Garonne floods, washing away all the bridges; ruining nearly two thousand houses; drowning hundreds; and leaving twenty thousand starving to death.

          The novella describes the immediate impact this flood has on one household.

          L'inondation est une nouvelle d'Émile Zola parue en 1885 dans le recueil Le Capitaine Burle.

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          Zola s'inspire d'un fait divers arrivé en 1875.

          Synopsis

          Un patriarche paysan à la tête d'une famille prospère et unie raconte comment une crue de la Garonne a détruit tous ses biens et provoqué la mort de tous ses descendants.

          Seul survivant, il fait le récit de la catastrophe q