Why Read Zola? | Brian Nelson

Brian Nelson discusses Émile Zola and his work’s relevance in today’s society.
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Brian Nelson, Professor of French Studies, Monash University, Melbourne.
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Zola is my absolute favourite author. His Rougon-Marquart cycle is the very pinnacle of French literature. His research into the modernisms if his time is brilliant. The research into mining, military, farming etc. I can't pick a best novel out of the series.