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At a glance:
- Author: Émile Zola
- First Published: 1887
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: 1860’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, France or French people, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Villages, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Obsession, Farms, farmers, or farming, Greed, Property, Peasantry or peasants
- Locales: France
Places Discussed
*La Beauce (lah bohz). Extensive flat plains of central France that have historically been the country’s bread basket. The finery and wealth of its main cities, especially Chartres, Châteaudun, and Orléans, which Zola describes only occasionally, are based on a higher level of commerce, which entails a variety of associated professionals, such as lawyers and notaries. This novel reflects a different reality, one of extreme simplicity in village life and family relations that make Chartres seem distant.
Zola underlines the monotony of the Beauce...
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