Jan Srb Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

The Sin of Abbé Mouret is the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It follows Serge Mouret, a young priest, aspiring to perfect purity and sanctity. An illness leaves him with amnesia, and no longer knowing he is a priest, he falls in love with his nurse. Together they roam an Eden-like garden called the 'Paradou'.

The seventh novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle, The Assommoir is the story of a woman's struggle for happiness in working-class Paris.

Tegen de achtergrond van de politieke en amoureuze intriges aan het hof van de Franse koning Lodewijk XIII worden de avonturen verteld van de drie musketiers en hun jonge vriend d'Artagnan.

Een voormalige galeislaaf probeert eerlijk te leven, ondanks de barre omstandigheden voor de armen in Frankrijk in het begin van de 19e eeuw.

Night in Bombay (1940) is a romantic tale that helps a beautiful, pleasure-seeking woman, bored by wealth, an empty life, and the attention of men, find meaning in life through the purity and strength of love. In Bombay, the largest Indian port, where elements of Western and Eastern civilization blend, a group of adventurers from around the world gathers, trying to escape boredom in gambling dens, bars, horse races, and parties hosted by a wealthy and decadent maharaja. Their small personal dramas unfold, intrigues are hatched, and complex relationships intertwine, but each of these individuals seeks an escape from the carousel of boredom and moral emptiness. In sharp contrast to these castaways and empty hedonists are those who have discovered the meaning of their lives in working for India, whose diverse society and rich yet cruel nature they have come to love.