L'Œuvre by Émile Zola
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"L'Œuvre" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1886. This fourteenth entry in the Rougon-Macquart series follows Claude Lantier, a revolutionary painter struggling to create his ultimate masterpiece in mid-19th century Paris. As Claude challenges the artistic establishment with his radical approach to painting real subjects outdoors, his obsessive pursuit of an impossible vision threatens his friendships, his family, and his sanity. A fictionalized account of Zola's friendship with Paul Cézanne,
the novel explores the emerging Impressionist movement and the cost of uncompromising artistic ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 |
|---|---|
| Title | L'Œuvre |
| Alternate Title | L'oeuvre |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C5%92uvre |
| Credits | Produced by www.ebooksgratuits.com and Chuck Greif |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Autobiographical fiction |
| Subject | Impressionist artists -- France -- Paris -- Fiction |
| Subject | Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17517 |
| Release Date | Jan 15, 2006 |
| Last Update | Apr 22, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 432 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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