A
miner. Still alive, transported to Noumea, there married, with children,
it is said, who cannot, however, be classified.
28. ANNA COUPEAU, alias NANA, born in 1852, gives birth to a child,
Louis, in 1867, loses him in 1870, dies herself of small-pox a few days
later. A blending of characteristics. Moral prepotency of her father.
Physical resemblance to her mother's first lover, Lantier. Heredity of
alcoholism developing into mental and physical perversion. An example of
vice.
Fifth Generation:
29. CHARLES ROUGON, alias SACCARD, born in 1857, dies of hemorrhage in
1873. Reverting heredity skipping three generations. Physical and moral
resemblance to Adelaide Fouque. The last outcome of an exhausted stock.
30. JACQUES LOUIS LANTIER, born in 1860, a case of hydrocephalus, dies
in 1869. Prepotency of his mother, whom he physically resembles.
31. LOUIS COUPEAU, called LOUISET, born in 1867, dies of small-pox in
1870. Prepotency of his mother, whom he physically resembles.
32. THE UNKNOWN CHILD will be born in 1874. What will it be?
SYNOPSES OF THE PLOTS OF THE ROUGON-MACQUART NOVELS
La Fortune des Rougon.
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