The Life and Times of Emile Zola

by F.W.J. Hemmings

Book Overview

Controversy surrounded Zola during his life-time, and controversy has followed him ever since. No other French writer was so violently attacked by contemporaries, none had a more devoted following.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684152274
• ISBN13: 9780684152271
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good book, but too short.

I really enjoyed this book, but the life of a man as great as Emile Zola cannot be told in merely 185 pages, actually minus the space taken up by pictures the text portion would only be about 150 pages. As the title suggests this book is more of an overview of Zola's life and the events going on in France in the latter half of the nineteenth century than an in-depth study of the man himself. Still it's worth a read for admirers of Zola. One small gripe I do have is Hemmings insistence to use only the French title to Zola's books. Annoying.