Zola’s Refuge At Médan
- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, POETRY, STORIES
- January 20, 2022
For renowned nineteenth-century French Naturalist novelist Émile Zola, living a full life meant “To make a book, to plant a tree, to have a child.” And, although he eventually achieved each of these objectives, his early years did not look at all promising. His mother and seven-year-old Émile were left practically penniless as a result
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