Doctor Pascal by Émile Zola

Published in 1893, DOCTOR PASCAL is the twentieth and final novel of the Rougon-Macquart cycle. Set in the perioid 1872-1874, Dr. Pascal Rougon, a doctor in his sixties, belatedly discovers the joys of fatherhood with his mistress. In DOCTOR PASCAL, Zola concludes of the Rougon-Macquart saga.