PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. His principal work, Les Rougon-Macquart, is a panorama of mid-19th century French life, in a cycle of 20 novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years. Roger Pearson is professor of French at the University of Oxford. He is the author of critical works on Voltaire, Stendhal and Mallarme and has translated Voltaire, Zola and Maupassant.
[<i>Germinal</i>] made me realize that when books are considered classics, most of the time they re actually very readable and exciting. <b>Daniel Radcliffe</b>
