About the Author
Émile Zola was born in 1840 and worked as a journalist before turning to fiction. He wrote his first major novel,
Thérèse Raquin, in 1867, and the publication of
LAssommoir ten years later made him the most famous writer in France. His work has influenced authors from August Strindberg to Theodore Dreiser to Tom Wolfe. He died in 1902.
From the Hardcover edition.