Lourdes

''Lourdes'''' - is a writing work by E. Zola (1840 - 1902), a French writer and publicist. This is one of the novels of anticlerical trilogy of the author «three Cities». It was written in 1894. The trilogy also includes novels «rome» (1896) and «paris» (1898). The French city Lourdes - is a very popular pilgrimage center in Europe. The drama of the character of the novel abbot Piere Froman, who is looking for the justice, is an aspect of criticism of mark system that opens the door to accommodation with it. The abbot removes his cassock and his sons serve as evangelists of reform.