For the first time in the English language, Delphi Classics is proud to present the complete fictional works of the French master Emile Zola. This monumental eBook features beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and a wealth of Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)* Beautifully illustrated [...]
La Bete humaine (1890), the seventeenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works. On one level a tale of murder, passion, and possession, it is also a compassionate study of individuals derailed by atavistic forces beyond their control. This new translati[...]
Mit dieser grandiosen Geschichte um Leidenschaft, Ehebruch, Mord und Selbstmord, entstanden noch vor seinem riesigen Romanzyklus der "Rougon-Macquart", schuf Zola, der weit mehr als der immer wieder etikettierte Naturalist war, sein erstes Meisterstück.[...]
Sumasshedshij uspekh kokotki Nana, vyzyvajuschej vozhdelenie i "plotskoe bezumie" u vsego muzhskogo naselenija Parizha: polusvetskikh lvov, bulvarnykh zhurnalistov, chopornykh aristokratov - v potrjasajusche naturalistichnom romane Emilja Zolja iz epopei "Rugon-Makkary". Vzlet i padenie obolstitelno[...]
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'[...]
Nana - Émile Zolas berømte roman om kvinden, der uden vilje, uden begavelse, uden ondskab og uden godhed lader sig beherske af sin krop. Med et mylder af personer og en udpræget sans for detaljen, skildrer forfatteren det parisiske borgerskabs dekadence og dets fascination af den prostituerede va[...]
Thérèse Raquin av Émile Zola gavs ut första gången år 1867 och räknas som Zolas debut- och genombrottsroman. Boken blev vid utgivningen ett slags skandalsuccé i Frankrike, och har blivit ett av Émile Zolas mest kända verk. Romanen publicerades först som en följetong i den franska tidskri[...]
Orpo Denise Baudu saapuu veljiensä kanssa Pariisiin setänsä luo, mutta tämän on vaikeata huolehtia sukulaislapsista, koska kaupankäynti hänen pienessä kangaspuodissaan uhkaa tyrehtyä rinnalle nousseen suuren tavaratalon ansiosta. Denise suhtautuu kuitenkin asioihin realistisesti ja alkaa ra[...]
Nana opens in 1867, the year of the World Fair, when Paris, thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was a perfect target for Zola's scathing denunciation of hypocrisy and fin-de-siecle moral corruption. In this new translation, the fate of Nana--the Helen of Troy of the second Empire, and daughter of the [...]
After Therese's mother dies, her father sends her to live with her aunt, who marries Therese to her sickly, spoiled and selfish son, Camille. Camille moves the family to Paris so he can begin a career, there, Therese meets Laurent. The two begin an affair, and soon fall in love. Then they begin cons[...]