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Emile Zola, along with fellow novelists Honoré de Balzac and Gustave Flaubert, was an early realist in French literature. In novels such as Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Zola's Nana, sex and violence were examined with vivid clarity. These realists soon adopted the word naturalism to describe their writings.

The Conquest of Plassans is a psychological drama about a quiet French town whose peace is shattered by the arrival of a manipulative priest, Abbe Faujas. As his influence grows, he disrupts the lives of the townspeople, leading to betrayal, madness, and destruction.

En 1856, Eugène Rougon, un ancien avocat de province qui a contribué à faire l'Empire et que l'Empire a fait, se sentant proche de sa disgrâce, préfère prendre les devants et démissionner de la présidence du Conseil d'Etat. Mais ses amis ont besoin de lui, et sa chute les embarrasse. Ils s'inquiètent de le voir tromper son ennui par un projet de défrichement des Landes qui le conduirait à une sorte d'exil, et parmi tous ceux qui travaillent à son retour en grâce la plus active est la troublante Clorinde qu'il a refusé d'épouser.

Étienne Lantier, mécanicien au chômage, erre sur les routes du nord de la France. Au hasard d'une rencontre, frigorifié et mort de faim, il finit par trouver un emploi dans la mine du Voreux. Il découvre alors les conditions inhumaines du travail et la misère de la vie de mineur. Mais, les conditions économiques étant au plus bas, la Compagnie propriétaire du Voreux essaie de baisser encore leurs maigres salaires.

Thérèse is a half Algerian orphan, brought up in provincial France by her aunt and married off to her sickly cousin Camille. His ambition takes the three of them to Paris, where they set up home in the dank and dingy backstreets that run down to the Seine. The relentless tedium of life for Thérèse is eventually broken by the presence of Camille’s unscrupulous friend Laurent, sparking a series of increasingly desperate acts.

Dans son univers clos, Angélique, jeune orpheline recueillie par un couple de brodeurs, les Hubert, confond le rêve et la réalité et se passionne pour la vie des saints. Pour quelle raison les miracles de La Légende dorée ne se produiraient-ils plus ? Innocente dans sa conception de l'amour, elle ne rêve plus que de rencontrer l'image pure et idéale de celui qui l'aimera et qui se dévoilera à elle sans se présenter. Elle tombe éperdument amoureuse de Félicien, jeune ouvrier verrier.

Emile Zola (1840-1902) was one of the giants of French literature. This collecion of three of his most famous stories illustrates the incredible range of his writing. "Captain Burle" is a dramatic story illustrating the importance of honor in French society; "The Miller's Daughter" is a tale of romance and heroism; and "The Death of Oliver Becaille" recounts the horror of a man who wakes up to find himself buried alive!

Dans ce roman, on découvre une société dominée par le plaisir et l'argent, le milieu du théâtre parisien au 19ème siècle et de la prostitution, celui de l'aristocratie et de la grande bourgeoisie.À travers le personnage de Nana, jolie fille du ruisseau, prostituée et comédienne sans talent devenue célèbre courtisane, Zola décrit la déchéance d'une femme, et celle de la bonne société qui lui apporte ses amants, mais aussi la fin du Second Empire, qui se rue avec insouciance vers la guerre et la débâcle.

Once upon a time, a teenaged Kate Winslet (The Reader, Titanic, Revolutionary Road) received a gift that would leave a lasting impression: a copy of Emile Zola’s classic Thérèse Raquin. Six Academy Award nominations and one Best Actress award later, she steps behind the microphone to perform this haunting classic of passion and disaster.

Nana Coupeau is a beautiful woman, able to attract men of enormous wealth with the crook of her finger. Part-time prostitute, part-time actress, she makes her debut in a mediocre operetta The Blonde Venus at the bustling Paris World’s Fair of 1867. She can’t sing, act, or dance, yet she is stunning. Nana soon rockets through elite Parisian society, and, blinded by desire, men crawl to her feet, yielding to her every demand. Affections are manipulated, hearts are broken; fortunes are gutted and inheritances squandered.

Le miniere di Montsou, nel nord della Francia, 1870 circa. Étienne, arrivato da Lille in cerca di lavoro, è accolto nella squadra della famiglia Maheu, e con terrore scende per la prima volta nella terra. Il lavoro in miniera è tuttavia durissimo, scopre Étienne, e la paga non basta neppure a soddisfare la fame. Étienne organizza allora una cassa di previdenza a sostegno delle lotte (è l’amico Pluchard di Lille, un membro dell’Internazionale dei lavoratori, a suggerirglielo) e, vincendo la sfiducia e la paura di molti, uno sciopero. Nessun minatore scende in miniera per giorni e giorni.

Zola’s Money (L’Argent, 1891) shows the corrupting effect of untrammelled stock-market speculation. While some seek redemption through philanthropic and evangelical ventures, others–such as the main protagonist, Saccard–embrace their own avarice. Speculators illegally push up share prices so that ordinary citizens are feverishly swept up in an epidemic of small-scale investment.

Serge Mouret, ordonné prêtre à l'âge de vingt-cinq ans, choisit d'exercer son ministère dans le village des Artaud, à quelques kilomètres de Plassans, sa ville natale. Il voue un amour mystique pour la Vierge Marie, accompagné d’extases, de visions et de mortifications qui finissent par le rendre gravement malade. À deux doigts de mourir, il est confié par son oncle, le docteur Pascal, à Jeanbernat et à sa nièce Albine, qui vivent dans une propriété à l’abandon appelée Le Paradou. La faute de l'abbé Mouret est le cinquième volume des Rougon-Macquart.

La nouvelle d'Emile Zola, Naïs Micoulin donne son nom au recueil dans lequel elle paraît en 1883.

Nana is a novel by the French naturalist author Émile Zola. Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series.

The Ladies' Paradise is a novel by French author Emile Zola, first published in 1883. The book tells the story of Denise Baudu, a young woman from the countryside who moves to Paris to work at "The Ladies' Paradise," a department store that is revolutionizing the retail industry. Denise soon becomes caught up in the world of consumerism and the glamour of the store, while also becoming entangled in a romantic relationship with the store's ambitious owner, Octave Mouret. The novel explores themes of capitalism, industrialization, and the changing role of women in society. Zola's writing style ...

Zola’s La Terre (The Earth) proved highly controversial on publication in 1887 and still retains the power to shock. It follows the fortunes of the Fouan family in the years leading up to the Franco-Prussian War. Old Fouan, the patriarch, draws up a legal contract to divide his farmland between his three children in exchange for an allowance that will support him and his wife through a comfortable retirement.

Orphaned with a substantial inheritance at the age of 10, Pauline Quenu is taken from Paris to live with her relatives, Monsieur and Madame Chanteau and their son Lazare, in the village of Bonneville on the wild Normandy coast. Her presence enlivens the household and Pauline is the only one who can ease Chanteau's gout-ridden agony. Her love of life contrasts with the insularity and pessimism that infects the family, especially Lazare, for whom she develops a devoted passion.

Germinal is one of the most striking novels in the French tradition. Widely regarded as Zola's masterpiece, the novel describes the working conditions of French coalminers in the 1860s in harsh and realistic terms. It is visceral, graphic, and unrelenting. Its strong socialist principles and vivid accounts of the miners' strikes meant that the novel became a key symbol in the workers' fight against oppression, with chants of "Germinal! Germinal!" resonating high above the author's funeral.

Zola’s The Ladies’ Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames, 1883) plays out in a colossal and opulent Parisian department store of the same name. Its owner, Octave Mouret, builds his innovative, upmarket women’s fashion empire at the expense of the city’s smaller, traditional shops.