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Mysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless snuffings-out the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the crime itself goes unsuspected oh yes, there's many a murderer basking in the sun... When Thérèse Raquin is forced to marry
'in this life, even if you don't ask for much you still end up with bugger all!' In a run-down quarter of Paris, Gervaise Macquart struggles to earn a living and support her family. She earns a pittance washing other people's dirty clothes
'He thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.' Set in the fictitious Provençal town of Plassans, The Fortune of the Rougons tells the st
Trapped in a loveless, arranged marriage to her spoiled and selfish cousin, Camille, Therese Raquin becomes restless and embarks upon a torrid affair... an affair that will result in murder, guilt, despair and tragedy... Usually considered to be Zola'
Zola's masterpiece of working life, Germinal (1885), exposes the inhuman conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860s. By Zola's death in 1902 it had come to symbolise the call for freedom from oppression so forcefully that the crowd which
Some impulses cannot be controlled. Some beasts cannot be caged. Jacques Lantier is a skilled train engineer on the Paris-Le Havre line-competent, respected, seemingly normal. But Jacques harbors a terrible secret: when he desires a woman, he also wants t
Nana est l'une des oeuvres les plus repr sentatives de l' crivain Emile Zola, auteur fran ais du naturaliste du XIXe si cle et p re du plus grand exposant de ce mouvement. Nana a t publi en 1880. L'histoire commence en 1868 et d peint deux cat
Før han begyndte at skrive Nana, vidste Zola intet om Théâtre des Variétés i Paris. Dramatikeren Ludovic Halévy inviterede ham til at deltage i en operette med ham dér den 15. februar 1878 og tog ham bag scenen. Halévy fortalte ham utallige historier om d
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"The Fortune of the Rougons" by Emile Zola is a captivating novel that delves into the intricacies of French society during the Second Empire. As a cornerstone of French literature, Zola's novel is a sweeping family saga that explores the th
In September 1894 the French authorities intercepted a letter which they claimed emanated from a Jewish army captain, Alfred Dreyfus, which they claimed to be proof of espionage on behalf of Germany. Dreyfus was subsequently court-martialed and imprisoned