by Émile Zola
Part of Les Rougon-Macquart, book 16
First published 2004
Angelique works her needle in the shadow of a great cathedral in northern France. The young embroiderer knows her place among the poor, but when she meets the son of a wealthy aristocratic family, her world shifts. Their love blooms in the quiet streets of this sleepy town, far from the chaos of city life. Yet their different stations create an impossible barrier. Angelique must navigate the gulf between her humble reality and her soaring dreams of love. The cathedral bells ring over a romance where passion battles against the rigid boundaries of class and circumstance. This is a story where dreams and reality blur, where a young woman's heart pulls her toward a love that society forbids.
Genres: drama, romance, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, star-crossed-lovers
Setting: France, Northern France
Period: 19th-century
212 pages · Paperback · IndyPublish