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The Masterpiece

of Émile Zola, Roger Pearson (Editor)

Series: Les Rougon-Macquart #14

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The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist who has come from the provinces to conquer Paris but is conquered instead by the flaws of his own genius. Set in the 1860s and 1870s, it is the most autobiographical of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It provides a unique insight into Zola's career as a writer and his relationship with Cezanne, a friend since their schooldays in Aix-en-Provence. It also presents a well-documented account of the turbulent Bohemian world in which the Impressionists came to prominence despite the conservatism of the Academy and the ridicule of the general public.

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Classics Classics Fiction France French Literature Art 19th Century Literature Novels Roman Literary Fiction

Main Characters

Claude Lantier Pierre Sandoz Louis Dubuche Christine Hallegrain

Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 464 pages
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Publication Date July 22nd 1999
  • First Publication 10/30/86
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780192839633
  • Edition Oxford World's Classics
  • Category Fiction
  • Scenario []

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