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'''Émile Zola''' (1840 – 1902) was a [[French]] [[writer]], critic, and political. activist He is considered the father of the literary school of [[naturalism]]. Zola redefined Naturalism as "Nature seen through a temperament". He was also noted for his intervention in the Dreyfus Affair through his famous open letter, “J’accuse.” [http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/657747/Emile-Zola]
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More than half of Zola's novels were part of a set of 20 books collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart. [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4750._mile_Zola]
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Main novels: First major novel, ''Thérèse Raquin'' (1867), ''L'Assommoir'' (1877), about the suffering of the Parisian working-class, ''Nana'' (1880), dealing with prostitution, and ''Germinal'' (1885).
== External links ==
*[http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ezola.htm Emile Zola.]
*[http://www.musee-orsay.fr/index.php?id=851&L=1&tx_commentaire_pi1[showUid]=313 [[Edouard Manet]], ''Emile Zola''] Musée d'Orsay.
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