Une page d'amour

"Une page d'amour" by Émile Zola is a novel first serialized between 1877-1878 and published in 1878. The eighth installment in the Rougon-Macquart series follows young widow Hélène Grandjean and her fragile daughter Jeanne, living in isolated suburban Paris. When Hélène befriends the charming Dr. Deberle and his wife, forbidden feelings awaken emotions she's never experienced. But Jeanne senses her mother's affection shifting away, triggering a jealousy that threatens to consume them all in this tragic tale of maternal devotion and dangerous passion.