Paris

<p><I>Paris</I> (1898) is a novel by French author ��mile Zola. <I>Paris</I> is the final 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. <I>Paris</I> finds Abb�� Froment back in his home city disheartened in his life and in his faith. Having failed in his quest to reform the Church he turns his attention from institutional change to helping the poor and sick. As his reputation as an almsgiver grows he draws the ire of his Church superiors who are wary of his socialistic ideals. Regardless Pierre dedicates himself to his subjects taking in the poverty and destitution of a great city's slums and forgetting his former ambitions. When a near-death experience involving an anarchist bombing brings him back in touch with his estranged brother Guillaume Froment begins to wonder whether his fate must rely on an institution unwilling and perhaps unable to change. In the thrilling conclusion to his <I>Three Cities Trilogy</I> Zola explores the meaning of faith in a faithless world through the eyes of one good man.<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>