Forfatter fødeår: 1840-1902
”Den unge pige vendte sig forskrækket om, og halvkvalt af arrigskab tilkastede hun søsteren et hadefuldt blik, fordi denne ikke havde varet hende i tide. Men Norine lod sig ikke forstyrre; i... Læs mere
Doktor Pascal har viet de sidste 30 år af sit liv til at kortlægge sit stamtræ og dermed bevise arveligheden i alverdens psykiske og fysiske sygdomme. Han håber, at han på den måde vil... Læs mere
Før han begyndte at skrive Nana, vidste Zola intet om Théâtre des Variétés i Paris. Dramatikeren Ludovic Halévy inviterede ham til at deltage i en operette med ham dér den 15. februar 1878 og tog... Læs mere
Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on path to a decent, respectable life at last.
Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Theatre des Varietes. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as the most famous... Læs mere
Money centres on the figure of Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, and his unscrupulous money-making schemes. His story intertwines the worlds of politics, finance, and the press, and resonates... Læs mere
A depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in northern France under the second empire.
Zola's novel of peasant life describes the disintegration of the Fouan family when Papa Fouan decides to divide his land between his three children. Greed and violence feed a bitter struggle for... Læs mere