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June 30, 2023 | History

Émile Zola

Emile Zola was a French journalist and novelist known for his series of 20 novels known collectively as Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93). Zola's style was called literary naturalism; his novels were attacked and even banned for their frankness and sordid detail, and caused quite a bit of controversy in their day. The same traits made him a best-selling author and a star of French literature in his day. In 1898 he then further incurred the wrath of French officials when he published the open letter "J'Accuse," in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, an Army officer who had been convicted of treason. Zola was sentenced to prison for libel, fled to England, and was granted amnesty a few months later. He died in Paris from carbon monoxide poisoning -- the victim of a stopped-up chimney -- a few months before Dreyfus was officially exonerated.
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Born 2 April 1840
Died 28 September 1902

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  • Cover of: La Débacle
    Cover of edition ladbacle00zolauoft Cover of edition ladbacle02zolagoog Cover of edition ladbacle00wellgoog Cover of edition ladbacle03zolagoog Cover of edition ladbacle01zolagoog First published in 1892 13 editions

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  • Cover of: Travail
    Cover of edition travail0000zola First published in 1901 13 editions

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  • Cover of: Madeleine Férat: a realistic novel

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  • Cover of: A love episode
    Cover of edition loveepisode00zola Cover of edition aloveepisode01zolagoog First published in 1895 12 editions

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  • Cover of: Abb©Øe Mouret's transgression

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  • Cover of: The fat and the thin: (Le Ventre de Paris)

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  • Cover of: Nos auteurs dramatiques
    Cover of edition nosauteursdram00zola Cover of edition nosauteursdrama00zolagoog Cover of edition nosauteursdrama01zolagoog First published in 1881 12 editions

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  • Cover of: Correspondance: lettres de Jeunesse.

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  • Cover of: His Excellency [Son Exc. Eugène Rougon]

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  • Cover of: L'affaire Dreyfus: lettre à la jeunesse

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  • Cover of: Contes à Ninon.
    Cover of edition contesnin00zola Cover of edition contesnino00zola Cover of edition contesnin00zola Cover of edition contesninon00zolagoog First published in 1864 11 editions

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  • Cover of: The re  se Raquin
    First published in 1902 10 editions

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  • Cover of: Les mystères de Marseille.
    Cover of edition lesmysteresdemar0000zola First published in 1885 9 editions

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  • Cover of: L' œuvre
    Cover of edition luvre0000zola Cover of edition luvrezola00zola First published in 1886 9 editions

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  • Cover of: Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
    First published in 1964 9 editions

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  • Cover of: Zola--photographer
    Cover of edition zolaphotographer00zola Cover of edition zolaphotographer00zola Cover of edition zola_photographe0000zola First published in 1979 9 editions

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  • Cover of: Les romanciers naturalistes.
    First published in 1881 9 editions

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  • Cover of: Money
    First published in 1891 8 editions

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  • Cover of: Restless house
    First published in 1953 8 editions

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  • Cover of: The flood
    First published in 1911 8 editions

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Born 2 April 1840
Died 28 September 1902

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June 30, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
November 2, 2022 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
August 30, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong names
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