The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames), now a TV series called The Paradise based on this classi... more

impressionist descriptions of food--make this a particularly memorable novel. Brian Nelson’s lively translation captures the spirit...... more

branch are being laid in the brutal beginnings of the Imperial regime. Brian Nelson provides an engaging translation as well...... more

Pot Luck, Zola’s most acerbic satire, describes daily life in a newly constructed block of flats in ... more

He loved power for power s sake . . . He was without question the greatest of the Rougons. His Exce... more

’Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.’ Zola’s novel of pe... more

The Kill (La Curée) is the second volume in Zola’s great cycle of twenty novels, Les Rougon-Macquart... more