Originally titled «L'Attaque du moulin», The Attack on the Mill is an 1889 novella by Émile Zola, translated by William Foster Apthorp. The aim of the novella was to promote the ideals of Naturalism, by treating the events of the Franco-Prussian War in a realistic and often unheroic way, in contrast to officially approved patriotic views of the war. Émile Zola (1840 – 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major...
Der fünfte Teil des satirischen Rougon-Macquart-Zyklus: Im Mittelpunkt steht der junge Priester Serge Mouret, den man bereits als Kind im vorherigen Band «Die Eroberung von Plassans» kennengelernt hat, und der an einer Nervenkrankheit leidet. Auf einem Landgut, auf dem er sich von seiner Krankheit erholt, verliebt er sich in Albine, die Tochter des Besitzers. Doch als seine Erinnerung zurückkehrt, lässt er Albine im Stich…-
Roubaud, sotscap de l'estació de tren de Le Havre, descobreix que la seva dona, Séverine, va tenir un afer, anys abans, amb Grandmorin, un dels directors de la companyia ferroviària. Després de forçar-la a confessar, Roubaud, que se sent humiliat, assassina Grandmorin en el trajecte de París cap a Le Havre. L'atzar fa que el crim sigui presenciat pel maquinista Jacques Lantier, víctima d'una malaltia hereditària que li desperta, amb el desig, una mania homicida cap a les dones,...
"Truth [Vérité]" by Émile Zola (translated by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
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 railroad and the titular «Beast.» Lantier is driven mad by the desire to kill a woman, however when he has the opportunity to do so, he stops himself. Later following the incident he discovers the brutal murder of Grandmorin, one of the directors of the railway company. An...
Originally published in serial form in 1884 to 1885, “Germinal” is Émile Zola’s realistic depiction of the coalminers’ strike in northern France in the 1860s. In this faithful translation from the original French by Havelock Ellis, the story centers on Étienne Lantier, a young migrant worker who arrives at the coalmining town of Montsou in search of work. Set against a backdrop of extreme poverty and oppression, “Germinal” is the story of the idealistic but naive Étienne, who embraces the ideals...
Thérèse Raquin, so ist der Name der Heldin des Romans des jungen Schriftstellers Émile Zola. Als Zola Thérèse Raquin 1867 veröffentlichte, war er gerade einmal 27 Jahre alt. Camille und Thérèse wachsen gemeinsam auf und werden später von Madame Raquin verheiratet. Die Ehe ist glück- und kinderlos. Thérèse zeichnet sich durch eine zunehmende Passivität aus. Später erfährt der Leser jedoch, dass Thérèse hinter der teilnahmslosen Fassade innerlich vor unbefriedigtem Verlangen vergeht. Als Camille...
"Doctor Pascal" by Émile Zola (translated by Mary J. Serrano). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
Les Rougon-Macquart is the collective title given to a cycle of twenty novels by French writer Émile Zola. Subtitled «Natural and social history of a family under the Second Empire», it follows the life of one family during the Second French Empire (1852–1870). In this tremendous work Zola first and foremost examines the impact of social environment on men and women, by varying the social, economic, political and professional milieu in which each novel takes place. It provides us with a close...
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of Émile Zola's complete short stories. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Stories for Ninon, New Stories for Ninon, Parisian Sketches, The Attack on the Mill, The Flood, Captain Burle, The Miller's Daughter, The Death of Olivier Becaille, Naïs Micoulin. Émile Zola (1840 – 1902), French novelist, critic, and...