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Émile Zola


Born
in Paris, France
April 02, 1840

Died
September 29, 1902

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Émile Zola was a prominent French novelist, journalist, and playwright widely regarded as a key figure in the development of literary naturalism. His work profoundly influenced both literature and society through its commitment to depicting reality with scientific objectivity and exploring the impact of environment and heredity on human behavior. Born and raised in France, Zola experienced early personal hardship following the death of his father, which deeply affected his understanding of social and economic struggles—a theme that would later permeate his writings.
Zola began his literary career working as a clerk for a publishing house, where he developed his skills and cultivated a passion for literature. His early novels, such as Thérèse
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Quotes by Émile Zola  (?)
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“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
Émile Zola

“Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.”
Emile Zola

“I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.”
Emile Zola

Polls

October 2019 Old School Poll

A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy 1873, 374 pages
 
  78 votes, 27.5%

Germinal by Émile Zola 1885, 592 pages
 
  69 votes, 24.3%

 
  56 votes, 19.7%

Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu 1864, 477 pages
 
  35 votes, 12.3%

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson 1884, 432 pages
 
  24 votes, 8.5%

A Simple Story by Elizabeth Inchbald 1791, 384 pages
 
  22 votes, 7.7%

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