Émile Zola

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Also Known As	Émile-Édouard-Charles-Antoine Zola
Born	April 2, 1840 • Paris • France
Died	September 28, 1902 (aged 62) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“Claude’s Confession” • “Doctor Pascal” • “Earth” • “Germinal” • “J’accuse” • “Ladies’ Delight” • “Madeleine Férat” • “Nana” • Rougon-Macquart cycle • “The Belly of Paris” • “The Debacle” • “The Drunkard” • “The Experimental Novel” • “The Four Gospels” • “The Kill” • “The Masterpiece” • “The Rougon Family Fortune” • “The Three Cities” • “Thérèse Raquin”
Movement / Style	naturalism
Subjects Of Study	naturalism

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Front page of the newspaper L'Aurore, January 13, 1898, with the open letter “J'accuse” written by Émile Zola about the Dreyfus affair.

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