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La Bête humaine

La Bête humaine

Émile Zola

For an account of Zola's life the reader may wish to supplement the Chronology which follows with F. W. J. Hemmings, The Life and Times of Emile Zola (London, 1977). Also available are Alan Schom's Emile Zola: A Bourgeois Rebel (London,  ...
Emile Zola

Emile Zola

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A collection of critical essays on Émile Zola's work.
Notes from Exile

Notes from Exile

Émile Zola

A short essay and never before published photographs by Emile Zola during his self-imposed exile in England in the late nineteenth-century.
The Cambridge Companion to Zola

The Cambridge Companion to Zola

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Brian Nelson. NOTES 1 Cited by F. W. J. Hemmings, 'Zola, Manet and the Impressionists', PMLA, 73 (1958), 416–17. 2 See Robert Lethbridge, 'Zola, Manet and Th ́er`ese Raquin', French Studies, 34 (1980), 278–99. 3 See Joy Newton, ' Emile ...
His Excellency

His Excellency

Émile Zola

The history of the Second Empire is probably as familiar to me as it is to M. Zola himself-for, like him, I grew to manhood in its midst, with better opportunities, too, than he had of observing certain of its distinguishing features - and ...
Nana

Nana

Emile Zola

French realism's immortal siren crawled from the gutter to the heights of society, devouring men and squandering fortunes along the way. Zola's 1880s classic is among the first modern novels.
The Kill

The Kill

Emile Zola

Here is a true publishing event–the first modern translation of a lost masterpiece by one of fiction’s giants.
The Ladies' Paradise (BBC tie-in)

The Ladies' Paradise (BBC tie-in)

Émile Zola

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Germinal

Germinal

Emile Zola

While this is going on, Étienne also falls for Maheu's daughter Catherine, also employed pushing carts in the mines, and he is drawn into the relationship between her and her brutish lover Chaval.
La Débâcle

La Débâcle

Émile Zola

The novel seeks to explain why the Second Empire ended in a crushing military defeat and revolutionary violence. It focuses on ordinary soldiers, showing their bravery and suffering in the midst of circumstances they cannot control.
The Life and Times of Emile Zola

The Life and Times of Emile Zola

F. W. J. Hemmings

Consideration of the real-life settings of such novels as The Drunkard, Nana, Germinal and Earth gives us enhanced appreciation of the compelling power of these works.
The Masterpiece

The Masterpiece

Emile Zola

"The Masterpiece", as it is entitled in English, is a fictionalised account of the Impressionist circle around Paul Cezanne.
Emile Zola and the Artistry of Adaptation

Emile Zola and the Artistry of Adaptation

Kate Griffiths

Kate Griffiths is a lecturer in French at Swansea University.
Nana

Nana

Émile Zola

As the story begins we meet the protagonist Nana, a prostitute. The novel focusses on the behaviour of the wealthy and elite of Paris at a time when France was world renowned as the centre of adult entertainment.
Nana:

Nana:

Émile Zola

Not a word was said of the play; Nana's name was not once mentioned. The count was s ... She wanted him to stay in the stage box for the last act, but he made his escape, promising t catch them at the door afterward. Downstairs in front of the ...
Pot-bouille

Pot-bouille

Émile Zola

Regarded as one of the best novels of the 19th century, Pot-Bouille strips away the facades of middle-class life and hypocrisy in a manner which outraged contemporary France, inciting scandal and court cases.
Nana

Nana

Emile Zola

Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series. Nana tells the story of Nana Coupeau's rise from streetwalker to high-class cocotte during the last three years of the French Second Empire.
Queer Lives: Men's Autobiographies from Nineteenth-Century ...

Queer Lives: Men's Autobiographies from Nineteenth-Century ...

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Men's Autobiographies from Nineteenth-Century France William A. Peniston, Nancy Erber. part. Three. Literature,. Medicine,. and. Self-Expression. The Novel of an Invert In the late 1880s the well-known author Emile Zola received several ...
La Fortune des Rougon d'Émile Zola (Analyse de l'oeuvre): ...

La Fortune des Rougon d'Émile Zola (Analyse de l'oeuvre): ...

Cécile Perrel

Comprendre la littérature avec lePetitLittéraire.fr Cécile Perrel, Pauline Coullet, lePetitLitteraire.fr,. Analyse de l'oeUvre Par Cécile Perrel et Pauline Coullet La Fortune des Rougon d'Émile Zolo lePetitLittéraire.fr Analyse de l'oeUvre Par Cécile ...
The Nineteenth Century in Two Parts

The Nineteenth Century in Two Parts

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8273-8725) Philip D. Walker, David Bagulev. Bibliographies and Etats presents Baguley, David. Bibliographic de la critique sur Emile Zola: 1864-1970. Toronto- Buffalo, Univ. of Toronto Press, 1976. Also: 1978. 689 p. 8273 Records 7,833 ...
Bon Appetit, Cherie: A French Kiss Romance Book 3

Bon Appetit, Cherie: A French Kiss Romance Book 3

Chloe Emile

A French Kiss Romance Book 3 Chloe Emile. A FRIENCH K|SS ROMAN ||C COMEDY" o- CH | OF EN/|| E. BON APPETIT, CHERIE A FRENCH KISS ROMANCE Cso CHLOE EMILE. Front Cover.

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