Forced into exile after getting caught up in a high-profile trial, the great French novelist spent Christmas 1898 in hiding in a south London suburb

EMILE ZOLA. French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of the late 19th century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which underlie his monumental 20-novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, and for his intervention in the Dreyfus Affair through his famous open letter, “J’accuse.”

French literature has a bad reputation for endless sentences. Zola is sometimes wordy, but he’s also an expert at saying just what he means.

EMILE ZOLA- was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. Wikipedia

Émile Zola

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This paper is an analysis of L’Assommoir, a nineteenth century novel by Emile Zola, that paints a picture of urban life in the slums of Paris.

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