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Classics
One of the most important, though controversial, French novelists of the late nineteenth century, and founder of the Realist movement, was Émile Zola (1840-1902). He was the most important example of the literary genre of... See More
World Literature
'I really don't understand how people can blame a priest so much, when he strays from the path.' The Sin of Abbé Mouret tells the compelling story of the young priest Serge Mouret. Striving after spiritual purity and... See More
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We first meet Nana in the Variety Theatre, where the captivating eighteen-year-old is appearing in the lead role of a musical -- even though she can't act or sing. "Nana has something that makes up for everything else," the... See More
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'Everything revolved around their love. They were constantly bathed in a passion that they carried with them, around them, as though it were the only air they could breathe.' Hélène Grandjean, an attractive young widow... See More
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The first major work of the father of French Naturalism, "Thérèse Raquin" is the shocking initial success of Zola's impressive writing career. Published in 1867, the plot revolves around a young woman, Thérèse, who is... See More
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The tenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola, "Pot Luck (Pot-Bouille)" was first published in serially format in the periodical "Le Gaulois" between January and April 1882. The title of the work, Pot-Bouille... See More
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Emile Zola wrote the following in the preface of his first installment to the Rougon-Macquart series: "The characteristic of the Rougon-Macquart family, the group which I propose to study, is their unbridled passions, that... See More
Classics
One of the most important, though controversial, French novelists of the late nineteenth century, and founder of the Realist movement, was Émile Zola (1840-1902). In 1871 Zola began to his most notable series of novels, the... See More
Classics
Emile Zola is perhaps the most important, and certainly one of the most controversial, writers of 19th century French literature. Zola dramatically shaped the course of literature through the development of naturalism... See More
Classics
A tense, psychological thriller set upon the railway between Paris and Le Havre in the 19th century, "The Beast Within (La Bête Humaine)", Émile Zola's 1890 novel, is the story of Jacques Lantier, an engine driver on the... See More
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The third novel in Zola's twenty-volume series entitled "Les Rougon-Macquart," this story revolves around and within the 21-acre market Les Halles Centrales of Paris. The starving scholar Florent has escaped his unwarranted... See More
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The fourteenth novel in a twenty book series collectively entitled, "Les Rougon-Macquart, L'?uvre" was first translated into English in 1886, the title having since been rendered "The Masterpiece". Set in France's Second... See More
Literary FictionThe Mysteries of Marseilles (1895) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Originally serialized in Le Messager de Provence in 1867, The Mysteries of Marseilles was written at the very beginning of Zola's literary career... See More
Literary Fiction
This new translation of Zola's most acerbic social satire captures the directness and robustness of Zola's language and restores the omissions of earlier abridged versions. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's... See More
Literary Fiction
Explore the Rich Literary Collection of Émile Zola with 'The Complete Works of Emile Zola' Immerse yourself in the captivating world of one of France's literary giants, Émile Zola, with 'The Complete Works of Emile Zola.'... See More
Psychological
'Abbé Faujas has arrived!' The arrival of Abbé Faujas in the provincial town of Plassans has profound consequences for the community, and for the family of François Mouret in particular. Faujas and his mother come to... See More
Short Stories
Now the basis for the major BBC tv adaptation The Paradise, this is a lavish drama and a timeless commentary on consumerism. The Penguin Classics edition of Émile Zola's The Ladies' Delight is based on an acclaimed, vivid... See More
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Considered by Andr Gide to be one of the ten greatest novels in the French language, Germinal is a brutal depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in northern France under the second empire. At the... See More
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'A story of paralysing passion' 1860s Paris. In a small dusty haberdasher's shop near the Seine in the dank, narrow Passage du Pont Neuf, the young and beautiful Thérèse Raquin is trapped into a loveless marriage to her... See More
ClassicsEncapsulating, with luxurious detail, the phenomenon of consumer societyA obsessed with image, fashion and instant gratificationA The Ladies'Paradise depicts the growth of capitalism through the workings of a new economic... See More
Political
'He loved power for power's sake... He was without question the greatest of the Rougons.' His Excellency Eugène Rougon (1876) is the sixth novel in Zola's twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle. A political novel set in the... See More
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Is it wrong to love whatever is beautiful and rich? I love it precisely because it is beautiful, because it is rich - because, I think, it brings joy to my heart... On Christmas day, in the flurry of a snow storm, the... See More
Education & Reference
The Fortune of the Rougons, originally published in 1871, is the first novel in Émile Zola's monumental twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. The novel is partly an origin story, with a huge cast of characters swarming... See More
The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy... See More
Poetry & Drama
Revisados y actualizados, contienen un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa. • El Loco por Kahlil Gibran • Norte y Sur por Elizabeth Cleghorn... See More
World Literature
The Dream is the sixteenth volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series of novels of the Second Empire. In The Dream, a young girl is found huddled in a church doorway the morning after Christmas day. She is taken in and raised... See More
Biography & True Accounts
"His Masterpiece", the fourteenth novel in Émile Zola's "Les Rougon-Macquart" cycle, follows the talented painter Claude Lantier as he tries to create the painting that will make his name. However, in spite of his talent... See More
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'Only the earth is immortal... the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.' Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest achievements... See More
Short Stories
In his three short stories, 'For a Night of Love', 'Nantas', and 'Fasting', Emile Zola presents characters in search of fulfilment - romantic, religious, and financial. Read together, For a Night of Love is an extraordinary... See More