Lourdes

<p><I>Lourdes</I> (1894) is a novel by French author ��mile Zola. <I>Lourdes</I> is the first installment in Zola's celebrated <I>Three Cities Trilogy</I>. Published toward the end of Zola's career the trilogy is an ambitious sweeping study of one man's struggle with faith in political religious and social life. Following his protagonist Abb�� Pierre Froment Zola provides a striking portrait of the soul of modern man in crisis with itself and with an ever-changing world. Lourdes</I> opens as Abb�� Froment departs on a journey from Paris to the holy city of Lourdes. Accompanied by his childhood love a woman who was paralyzed in an accident at the age of thirteen Froment hopes to rediscover his faith and to reestablish his position in a beleaguered Catholic Church. There they meet a series of diverse pilgrims all of them dissatisfied all of them searching for something to change or to hold onto. For Froment this journey begins as a way to help an old friend and becomes a chance at redeeming his wayward soul. At Lourdes surrounded by desperate yet faithful people he begins to remember what brought him to God in the first place. Inspired by his experiences there he wonders if one priest could change the Church for the better..<p>Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>