The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-30
zOLAI, The NOVELIST,
DIES llE A2PHIIIlIIQI
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| uS6i), followed III 1853 by La Confession
| de Claude a work that attracted some
attention, as did his numerous artic q
IN the Figaro, Vie Parsienne, feut
journal and other popular pubficat~ns
Between 1865 and 1867 he produced lie
Noeu dung Morte QSG6l Mes Salnes.
! collection of literary disquisitions Les
Mysteres de A1arseille CS6O, and Manet,
biographical sketch. In the same year,
his first genuine success. appeared in the
powerful novel Tnerese EaGu1n. Which
at once gave Zo!a a definite place among
the leading writers Of the day. 1t IS a
gloomy and repel!ant work, showing all
the power OF analysis and minutenesS
| OF. observation that characterize his later
work; and has been tersely summed up
by Napereau as adultery seeking safety
IN murder and rndlns only agony and
Temorse. Following this came Madeleine
ferat, III 1853, and finally in 1871 lie For
tune deS Rougcn. the first OF the Won
derful series entitled Les RouGon Mac
quart; Historic Natureite ct SocIale
dune t,a,nille sous lie Second Empire
This series aims to do for the later half
Of nineteenth century France what Bal
FAC did tor the first han. lola has sum
med up his purpose in the following
words:
lily, a little group of human beings, comes
into relations with society at large, as
j. Increases by begetting and giving BIRTH
to ten or twenty individuals who. though
at first sight they seem quite dissimilar
when analysed show how closely they
are bound together: for heredity has its
laws as well as mathematics. The
members of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT family.
this one group that l propose to sketch
hoy anil f,-aif no win Or
OF lust of appetite. that rushes to its sat
isfa ction, Historically. they are a
Part Of the people; they make themselves
felt by contemporary society, and they
rise to all spheres of life by that impulse
so truly modern. which the lower classes
feel, and they explain thus the Second
Empire by their individual histories =
The works that have already appeared,
in this series are. La Fortune des Rou-
CONS showing the rise of the family in
a petty provincial town; La Curee where
in the scene shifts to Paris; La Nentre
de Paris, a study of the low life Of the
Eallcs. a marvellous bit of local color;
La Conquette de Plasans; La faute de
rAbbe Mouree. a not very probable tale;
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon, strong
picture of the court Of the Third Napo-
leon in which the character OF kouSen
is drawn from that OF Napolcon's minis
i J
piece Of realism, and the one that first
made lola famous outside Of France;
Tine Page d'4Alnour; Mana dSSOl, the life
or n courtesan under the second empire;
Pot-Bouille a study of bourgeois lie
nSS2): Au Bonheur des Danes lSS3); La
Joie dc Vivre QSS4): Germinal dSS9). one
Of his greatest works; L'OellVre liSee),
rather dull book: Terre, repulslVe PIC
ture of the Crudies Of French Agricul-
Humane $500. a psychological story OF
houicidal mania; L.'Argent QS9D; La
Dahacle QS42); and L'Docteur Pascal
1883.
NJ Zola, has, published Captaine bufIe
f1ss2>. an idyllic story, in striking con
t1-lst to his other works ana "ill.sii
N sid his candidacy for a seat IN the
TT,,.-ch Academy: L'Argent QS9l> and a
,.,,,,,,a,. of critical sketches and papers,
-: which. besides Mes Haines, already
mentioned we may note La Repubhque
l-rancaiss, ct la Literature lSl9l; lie 10
,,sn Experimental GSS0: Les Roman
ciars Naturatists. originally published IN
Russian in the Mesa ger q Europe iSSD.
md criticising the writer's OF the natural-
istic school. Stendhal, Balzac, flaupeft.
tha Goncourts and Daudct; Nos Auteurs
T,an,aticues QSSl). lie Naturalismc al
Theatre 4
containing criticisms Of Hugo, dc Mus
SET. George Sand, Dumas. and sainte
sra,e: Une Campagne GSS2). partly lit
crary and partly political; besides sew
rr1l dramatic pieces. which are occa-
e;onally dramatiZations of his novels.
Among these are Therese RaG'lin dS55}.
T.as Icriteurs Rabourdin GS7D: Re Bou-
ron de Rose GS7Sn; Renee GSS7); lie Ven
ire &c Paris dSST. Zola,s LAssonlmoir'
was dramatized in English by Charles
Ecade under the title Drink. and made
! most effective play, with Mr. Charles
Warner in the role of Coupeau. Our au-
thor was candidate for chair in the
French Academy in 1883 and again in
Isa, hut both times failed of an election.
In $50. he published Lourdes aad in 1896
Rome.
II. Zola must be credited with having
founded a school, and one that has
strongly influenced coutemporaneous fic-
ion. It's history and tendency are sufli
GENTLY set forth in the article Realism