Zola's Selected Works

Author: Liu Mingjiu
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Publish Date: 1997-03-01
Features: émile Zola (1840-1902) was born on April 2, 1840, in Paris. His father, Fran?ois Zola, was originally from Italy and came from a family of hereditary soldiers. He was a talented engineer who had served in Italy, Austria, Algeria, and other places before settling in France. He was the designer of the Provence-Aigues canal. It was in Aigues, near Paris, that Zola spent the first six years of his childhood freely. At the age of seven, Zola lost his father and lived with his mother, relying on his maternal grandfather, enduring poverty and personally experiencing the torment of being constantly pursued by creditors.