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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

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*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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