Emile Zola
A French author.
The Dram Shop
Earth
J’accuse
open letter to French President in Aurore denouncing Dreyfus affair, who was pardoned by the Cour de Cassation when Major Esterhazy was found guilty
Les Rougon-Macquart
20 novels about Rogon-Macquart family in Second Empire. includes Nana [Gervaise’s daughter Nana becomes prostitute], Germinal [coal workers Etienne Lantier and the Meheu family strike in 1884], L’Assommoir, and La Terre