Trois villes emile zola biography
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Image source: scan of personal copy
Paris is the last volume in the Three Cities trilogy and was first published in 1898. After the struggle I had with the previous volume, Rome, (see here and here) inom did wonder if I would ever finish the trilogy; but I have. Even the first volume in the series, Lourdes, was a bit of a struggle. The main character throughout the series is the Abbé Pierre Froment, a priest who no longer retains his faith, and although Zola makes us sympathise with Froment’s predicament we know right from the början that he will end up leaving the church; it just takes so bloody long for it to happen. The whole series is seriously flawed, in my opinion, Lourdes would have worked better as a del av helhet of journalism, Rome should have been abandoned completely, although a short story could possibly have been salvaged from it, and Paris, which was the best of the three, would still have worked better without Pierre’s struggle with his faith.
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ZOLA, Emile Les Trois Villes.
Exceptional set of these three novels in first editions and deluxe issues on colored papers, an issue not recorded by bibliographers.
Carteret, II, 492-493 ; Rahir, La Bibliothèque dem l’amateur, 686 ; Dictionnaire des Œuvres, VI, 550.
Lourdes is one of 5 copies printed on blue paper.
The issue was limited to 393 copies : 348 on Dutch paper, 40 on Japanese vellum, 5 on blue paper.
Rome: copy printed on yellow China paper, unknown to bibliographers. The issue recorded by bibliographers was limited to 330 copies, including 300 on Dutch paper and 30 on Japanese vellum. No bibliographer ever mentioned this copy on yellow China paper.
Paris: copy printed on red paper, unknown to bibliographers.
The issue recorded by bibliographers was limited to 330 copies, including 300 on Dutch paper and 30 on Japanese vellum. No bibliographer has ever heard of this copy on red paper.
« Les Trois Villes » are the trilogy by Emile Zola
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Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
Émile Zola | |
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Self-portrait, 1902 | |
| Born | Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (1840-04-02)2 April 1840 Paris, France |
| Died | 29 September 1902(1902-09-29) (aged 62) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Panthéon, Paris |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist, playwright, poet |
| Genres | |
| Literary movement | Naturalism |
| Notable works | Les Rougon-Macquart, Thérèse Raquin, Madeleine Férat |
| Spouse | Éléonore-Alexandrine Meley |
| Parents | |
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (,[1][2];[3][4]French:[emilzɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902)[5] was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism.[6] He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exonera