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- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017
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The Earth by Émile Zola, a richly detailed account of a farming community with such a strong attachment to the earth that it drives them to unthinkably dark deeds in order to preserve their claims to their family’s land.
The Earth forms part of
Les Rougon-Macquart, an ambitious cycle of 20 novels which tells the story of one extended family under the Second French Empire. Émile Zola was the leading figure of the literary school of naturalism, as well as an influential social thinker, and is now regarded as one of France’s greatest novelists.
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Émile Zola
French writer and journalist
Born in Paris in 1840.Died in Paris in 1902.Notable works:Nana (1880), novelThe Ladies’ Paradise (1883), novelGerminal (1885), novelÉmile Zola was born in 1840 and is one of the most celebrated novelists of 19th century France. He died in 1902, and is renowned as the leading figure of naturalism, a literary movement which aimed to incorporate the latest scientific innovations of the era. In his novels, Zola introduces a hypothesis formed following real-life observation and then tests it through experimentation. This aesthetic is exemplified by the Rougon-Macquart cycle of novels. This series of 20 books was Zola’s most significant literary output, and was hugely successful despite its many detractors.
Zola is also famous for the political stances he took, which often led to reprisals against him. The best-known of these incidents was his condemnation of the Dreyfus affair, when Zola wrote a public letter entitled J’accuse…! (“I accuse”, 1898) which made a significant contribution to the resolution of the affair and Captain Dreyfus being cleared of the charges levelled against him.
The Earth
Unconditional love for the land
Genre: novelReference edition: Zola, É. (2016) Earth. Trans. Nelson, B. and Rose, J. Oxford: Oxford University Press.1st edition: 1887Themes: countryside, peasantry, crime, violence, depravityThe Earth, the fifteenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, was published in French in 1887 and first translated into English in 1888. The novel is set in the rural area of the Beauce, and Zola paints an unflinchingly brutal picture of that world, depicting men and women who have been consumed by such devotion to the land that it drives them to crime. The main character is Jean Macquart, a former soldier who moves to the region after leaving the army. He lives among the locals, and bears witness as they tear each other apart.
The novel caused a great deal of scandal upon its publication, particularly due to the extreme violence it portrays and the almost animalistic behaviour of its protagonists.
Summary
Part One
Jean Macquart, a 29-year-old man, has been living in the village of Rognes in the centre of the Beauce for several years. He moved there upon his return from war after the campaign in Italy in 1859. A former carpenter, he is now employed as a farm worker.
