Emile: 1072 books

The art in medieval cathedrals, in addition to its profound aesthetic appeal, told unlettered churchgoers a series of morality tales. From divine creation to the lives of the saints, the stone sculpture and stained glass windows provided dramatic illustrations of the key elements of Christian doctrine....

Émile François Zola ( 2 April 1840 29 September 1902) is one of the greatest writers of the 19th century, and one of Frances best known citizens. In his life, Zola was the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. Around...

With the end of the century there has come in France a great revival of the struggle between religion and free thought which has so long been waged there; and the stupendous effort put forth by the Roman Catholic Church to annihilate the Third Republic has placed the country in a condition of unrest...

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In Zola's series dedicated to the four cardinal principles of human life, this novel deals with the creation of a home and compliments faith, hope, and charity. Critics describe this part of Zola's work as a form of social religion.

Pauline Quenu, the daughter of shopkeepers in the Parisian business district Les Halles (see The Fat and the Thin, aka The Belly of Paris), is taken in by relatives on the coast of Normandy following the death of her parents. There, Pauline - kind and open-minded - is confronted with a gout-plagued...

Piping Hot! recounts the activities of the residents of a block of flats in the Rue de Choiseul over the course of two years (1861–1863).

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine 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.

In questa tragica storia d’amore romanticismo e naturalismo si compenetrano in un equilibrio perfetto._Estremamen-te romantico è l’amore impossibile che il povero Julien si fa crescere in petto giorno per giorno per poi soffiarlo di notte all’amata del palazzo di fronte nelle dolci stentate...

Teresa Raquin, che inaugura la grande stagione artistica di Zola, è una delle opere più rappresentative del realismo francese. Sposata infelicemente a Camillo, un uomo debole e malato, Teresa si lascia sedurre da Lorenzo, ex pittore nullafacente, cinico, parassita. Insieme concepiscono e portano a...

In quest'opera crudamente realistica Zola affronta il tema del decadimento e della miseria materiale e morale delle classi subalterne ispirandosi alla vita degli operai di Parigi. Attorno all'«Ammazzatoio», la bettola in cui l'alcol offusca ogni disperazione, si muovono le figure dolorose - e sopra...

Physician and Masonic expert, Daniel Adams, finds himself visiting Beirut after an unlikely twist of fate. Once in Beirut, a traveling companion, Peter, is abducted. With the unexplained aid of a local taxi driver, Daniel recovers his friend.  Thinking the trouble was over, Daniel soon realizes...

Dieses eBook: "Das Glück der Familie Rougon (La Fortune des Rougon: Die Rougon-Macquart Band 1)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Das Glück der Familie Rougon, Erstausgabe 1871, ist der erste Band in Émile...