Emile Zola

mile Zola, il grande naturalista francese, prende momentaneo congedo dall'analisi dei mali della societ per regalarci una "fiaba" d'amore intrisa di misticismo popolare. Fiaba dai tenui colori pastello e dal realistico distacco del sogno evocato. La dolce e ingenua Ang lique - cresciuta all'ombra della cattedrale, dove la fede si nutre dell'esempio eroico dei santi e il fervore cristiano ne conseguenza immediata, dove il miracolo parte integrante del mondo - sogna il "principe azzurro" che verr a riscattarla dalle sue umili origini. Ma quando il sogno d'amore sembra avverarsi, le convenzioni sociali, insensibili alla purezza dei sentimenti, ostacolano quest'anelito di felicit . E ad Ang lique non rester che affidarsi, fiduciosa, al miracolo.

The second volume of four in the complete set, this is the first time that the vast and varied collection of Emile Zola's short fiction has been brought together in a uniform edition specially presented for the American reader.

The 16th book in the famous Rougon -Macquart cycle by Emile Zola. With a fresh translation and introduction by one of the world's leading Zola scholars.

For the first time n history, The Complete Short Stories of Emile Zola are collected in one multi-volume set.

From influential French novelist Emile Zola, author of Germinal and Therese Raquin comes The Flood in a brand new translation, a collection of dark and surreal short stories. 'The Flood' and accompanying stories 'Blood' and 'Three Wars' address ideas of human fragility and the uncontrollable effect the power of nature can have on our lives. 'The Flood' centres around Louis Roubien. Now an old man, the head of a large family, his many years of hard work on the land have transformed him from a peasant farmer into a prosperous and satisfied freeholder, distributing his largesse among his relatives and the local community. But with success has come hubris, and when the rains, hitherto a harbinger of plenty, come, and the banks of the River Garonne swell and burst, Roubien sees everything for which he has striven swept away by the raging waters of the flood. His livelihood taken from him in one fell blow, it remains to be seen whether Roubien will at least be left his life, and the lives of those he holds dear.'The Flood', along with the complementary stories presented here, the celebrated 'Blood' and 'Three Wars', is a fascinating example of Zola experimenting with surrealist styles, in a departure from the dark realism for which he is more commonly known. The eternal theme of man versus nature writ large, it is a timely reminder of our fragility and impermanence before the unyielding elements.

The Dream by mile Zola Set against the background of a town in Northern France, this novel tells the story of a love idyll between a poor embroideress and the son of a wealthy aristocratic family. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Th r se Raquin was originally published in France in 1867. It tells the story of a young woman who is unhappily married to her first cousin by an overbearing aunt. Th r se's husband, Camille, is sickly and selfish, and when the opportunity arises, Th r se enters into a turbulent and sordidly passionate affair with one of Camille's friends, Laurent. In response to his critics, Zola explained that he sought to make an analytic study of temperament and not of character. "Th r se and Laurent are human brutes," he wrote, "nothing more. I have sought to follow these brutes, step by step, in the secret labour of their passions, in the impulsion of their instincts, in the cerebral disorder resulting from the excessive strain on their nerves." Source: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therese_Raquin