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Is it wrong to love whatever is beautiful and rich? I love it precisely because it is beautiful, because it is rich - because, I think, it brings joy to my heart. . .

The Dream' is the sixteenth volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series of novels of the Second Empire. Perhaps as a reaction to the criticism received by his preceding books - works of almost unrelenting, gritty realism - Zola here shows that his talents range beyond describing... Read Full Overview

Le r ve is a simple tale of the orphan Ang lique Marie (b. 1851), adopted by a couple of embroiderers, the Huberts, whose marriage is blighted by a childlessness which they attribute to a curse uttered by Mme Hubert's mother on her deathbed. Ang lique is enthralled by the tales... Read Full Overview

The Dream by mile Zola Set against the background of a town in Northern France, this novel tells the story of a love idyll between a poor embroideress and the son of a wealthy aristocratic family. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic... Read Full Overview

Le R ve est un roman d' mile Zola publi en 1888, le seizi me volume de la s rie Les Rougon-Macquart. Zola y aborde le th me de la religion, mais de fa on beaucoup moins violente et pol mique qu'il ne l'avait fait dans la Conqu te de Plassans ou la Faute de l'abb Mouret. Cette... Read Full Overview

PENDANT le rude hiver de 1860, l'Oise gela, de grandes neiges couvrirent les plaines de la basse Picardie ; et il en vint surtout une bourrasque du nord-est, qui ensevelit presque Beaumont, le jour de la No?l.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

mile douard Charles Antoine Zola na t rue Saint-Joseph Paris le 2 avril 1840 d'un p re italien et d'une m re fran aise. Il est le fils unique de Fran ois Zola, natif de Venise, et d' milie Aubert, native de Dourdan. Son p re, ing nieur de travaux publics, ancien officier subalterne... Read Full Overview

The Dream

(Le Reve)

By Emile Zola

Translated by Eliza E. Chase

Le reve is a simple tale of the orphan Angelique Marie (b. 1851), adopted by a couple of embroiderers, the Huberts, whose marriage is blighted by a childlessness which they... Read Full Overview

Diese Hardcover-Ausgabe ist Teil der TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg ver ffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Gro teil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erh ltlich. Mit TREDITION CLASSICS... Read Full Overview

Cette oeuvre fait partie de la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d' dition tredition, bas e Hambourg, a publi dans la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux mill naires. Ils taient pour la plupart puis s ou unique-ment disponible chez les bouquinistes... Read Full Overview

Cette oeuvre ( dition reli ) fait partie de la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison d' dition tredition, bas e Hambourg, a publi dans la s rie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux mill naires. Ils taient pour la plupart puis s ou uniquement disponible chez... Read Full Overview

A captivating tale of desire and passion set in 19th century Paris, where a young woman struggles to navigate the intricacies of love and social status. The Dream is a masterful work of literature that explores the human psyche in all its complexity.

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Emile Zola's novel Le R ve (1888) is a love idyll concerning a poor embroideress, Angelique, and the son of a wealthy aristocratic family, set against the backdrop of a sleepy cathedral town in northern France. A far cry from the seething, teeming world evoked in Zola's best-known... Read Full Overview

During the severe winter of 1860 the river Oise was frozen over and the plains of Lower Picardy were covered with deep snow. On Christmas Day, especially, a heavy squall from the north-east had almost buried the little city of Beaumont. The snow, which began to fall early in... Read Full Overview

L'histoire se d roule dans le Val-d'Oise, dans une ville appel e Beaumont-sur-Oise (Zola s'est largement inspir de Cambrai pour d crire cette ville). La description de Beaumont-sur-Oise est pr cise, avec la ville haute ancienne et la ville basse plus moderne. La ville est accessible... Read Full Overview

Pendant le rude hiver de 1860, l'Oise gela, de grandes neiges couvrirent les plaines de la basse Picardie; et il en vint surtout une bourrasque du nord-est, qui ensevelit presque Beaumont, le jour de la No l. La neige, s' tant mise tomber d s le matin, redoubla vers le soir,... Read Full Overview

mile Zola, il grande naturalista francese, prende momentaneo congedo dall'analisi dei mali della societ per regalarci una "fiaba" d'amore intrisa di misticismo popolare. Fiaba dai tenui colori pastello e dal realistico distacco del sogno evocato. La dolce e ingenua Ang lique... Read Full Overview