264 pages
French language
Published March 10, 1981 by France Loisirs.
Le rêve (The Dream) is the sixteenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. It is about an orphan girl who falls in love with a nobleman, and is set in the years 1860–1869. The novel was published by Charpentier in October 1888 and translated into English by Eliza E. Chase as The Dream in 1893 (reprinted in 2005). Other recent translations are by Michael Glencross (Peter Owen 2005), Andrew Brown (Hesperus Press 2005), and Paul Gibbard (Oxford World's Classics 2018).
Recommended by my devout older sister, this book differs from the rest of Zola's production in being very romantic, in keeping with his main character. Taken to the first degree, this is probably a good book for those passionate about religion, those who believe in ideal love and are transported by tragic destinies.
