Apr. 19th, 2020 at 4:38 PM
"Colas Breugnon" by Romain Rolland is an unique book, in that the main character is an optimistic realist, a rare combination. And yes, an epidemic is featured as well.
If you read French, the original is amazing. The English translation is pretty good although the Russian one is better, if you read Russian. It is not a long novel.
Take a look:
French:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27854
English:
https://archive.org/details/colasbreugnon00rollgoog/page/n14/mode/2up
Russian:
http://lib.ru/INPROZ/ROLLAN/nikolka.txt

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Hope you and the family are safe and well! *hugs*
Thanks, we're all right so far, and I hope so are you and yours?