Zola, Émile

Thanks to Fanda @Classic Lit, I have fallen under the spell of Zola! Every April we celebrate Zoladdiction on her blog. After enjoying Nana and Germinal in the first two years, I decided to go back to the start.

I just hope I live long enough to complete the series!

I’ve listed ALL of Zola’s publications below. I may never have enough time to read them all, but maybe one of them will inspire you to try one of his books, and my job here will be done 🙂

  • Contes à Ninon (1864)
  • La Confession de Claude (1865)
  • Les Mystères de Marseille (1867)
  • Thérèse Raquin (1867)
  • Madeleine Férat (1868)
  • Nouveaux Contes à Ninon (1874)
  • Le Roman Experimental (1880)

Les Rougon-Macquart:

Zola’s Recommended Reading Order:

  • La Fortune des Rougon (1871)
  • Son Excellence Eugène Rougon (1876)
  • La Curée (1871-2)
  • L’Argent (1891)
  • Le Rêve (1888)
  • La Conquête de Plassans (1874)
  • Pot-Bouille (1882)
  • Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
  • La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret (1875)
  • Une Page d’amour (1878)
  • Le Ventre de Paris (1873)
  • La Joie de vivre (1884)
  • L’Assommoir (1877)
  • L’Œuvre (1886)
  • La Bête humaine (1890)
  • Germinal (1885)
  • Nana (1880)
  • La Terre (1887)
  • La Débâcle (1892)
  • Le Docteur Pascal (1893)

Les Trois Villes:

  • Lourdes (1894)
  • Rome (1896)
  • Paris (1898)

Les Quatre Évangiles:

  • Fécondité (1899)   Fruitfulness
  • Travail (1901)     Labour
  • Vérité (1903 published posthumously)     Truth
  • Justice (unfinished)

Zolafile:

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