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