{"product_id":"the-three-cities-trilogy-lourdes-9781162710358","title":"The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emile Zola\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes is a novel by the French author Emile Zola. It is the first book in a series of three novels that explore the themes of religion, faith, and spirituality. The story is set in the town of Lourdes, a popular pilgrimage site in southwestern France, where a young girl named Bernadette Soubirous claims to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary. The novel follows the experiences of several characters who make the journey to Lourdes in search of healing and spiritual enlightenment, including a disillusioned priest, a wealthy aristocrat, and a young doctor. As they navigate the complex world of faith and devotion, they are forced to confront their own beliefs and prejudices, and to question the nature of miracles and divine intervention. Zola's vivid descriptions of the town and its inhabitants, as well as his exploration of the psychological and emotional effects of religious experience, make this novel a powerful and thought-provoking work of literature.In front, on the east, was Old Lourdes, lying in a broad fold of the ground beyond a rock. The sun was rising behind the distant mountains, and its oblique rays clearly outlined the dark lilac mass of that solitary rock, which was crowned by the tower and crumbling walls of the ancient castle, once the redoubtable key of the seven valleys. Through the dancing, golden dust you discerned little of the ruined pile except some stately outlines, some huge blocks of building which looked as though reared by Cyclopean hands; and beyond the rock you but vaguely distinguished the discoloured, intermingled house-roofs of the old town.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kessinger Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46880521126039,"sku":"9781162710358","price":3835.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781162710358.webp?v=1770227335","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-three-cities-trilogy-lourdes-9781162710358","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}