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Émile François Zola was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. More than half of Zola's novels were part of a set of 20 books collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart.
Émile Zola. Émile Zola was born in Paris, France on 2nd April 1840, the son of François Zola, an engineer and his wife Emilie Aubert. He grew up in Aix-en-Provence, attending the (now named) Collège Mignet, then the Lycée Saint Louis in Paris. Under the harsh straits of poverty after his father died Zola worked various clerical jobs.
Émile Zola, (born April 2, 1840, Paris, France—died Sept. 28, 1902, Paris), French novelist and critic. Raised in straitened circumstances, Zola worked at a Paris publishing house for several years during the 1860s while establishing himself as a writer.
Émile Zola has 2833 books on Goodreads with 499049 ratings. Émile Zola’s most popular book is Germinal.
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. Origins. A year before he started to write Nana, Zola knew nothing about the Théâtre des Variétés.
Although he produced some 60 volumes of fiction, theory, and criticism, in addition to numerous pieces of journalism, during his 40-year career, Zola is best known for his 20-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart, which is “the natural and social history of a family under the Second Empire .”
Sep 28, 2012 · 17 - Émile Zola (1840–1902): Naturalism. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2012. By. Brian Nelson. Edited by. Michael Bell. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. ‘Naturalism’ was the dominant mode of the French novel in the late nineteenth century.
