Émile Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist born in Paris and raised in Aix-en-Provence. He wrote the twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle, intervened in the Dreyfus affair with the open letter J'accuse, was convicted of libel and fled to England, and died of carbon monoxide poisoning in circumstances still disputed. His works include Pot-Bouille, Germinal, L'Assommoir, and The Ladies' Paradise.
Émile Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist born in Paris and raised in Aix-en-Provence. He wrote the twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle, intervened in the Dreyfus affair with the open letter J'accuse, was convicted of libel and fled to England, and died of carbon monoxide poisoning in circumst...