Paris

A human and social study of Paris, this novel uses the great city as the dramatic framework for a story about the masses that live and die within it. A social drama written in the Naturalist tradition, this is an exact and animated chronicle about French society in the late-19th century. Emile Zola' [...]
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A human and social study of Paris, this novel uses the great city as the dramatic framework for a story about the masses that live and die within it. A social drama written in the Naturalist tradition, this is an exact and animated chronicle about French society in the late-19th century. Emile Zola's portrait of a modern Paris is a faithful one, and readers will be able to comprehend and identify with the class struggles of the time. "Un estudio humano y social de Paris, esta novela emplea la gran ciudad como marco dramatico para una historia sobre la muchedumbre humana que vive y muere en ella. Un drama social escrito en la tradicion naturalista, es una cronica exacta y animada de la sociedad francesa de finales del siglo XIX. El retrato que Emile Zola ha escrito sobre el Paris moderno es uno extremadamente fiel, y el lector podra entender e identificarse con la lucha de clases representada en el mismo."