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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 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

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

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

"Le R ve" d' mile Zola est un roman qui plonge le lecteur dans l'univers mystique et enchanteur de la foi chr tienne travers les yeux d'une jeune orpheline, Ang lique. Recueillie par les Hubert, un couple de brodeurs vivant l'ombre d'une cath drale, Ang lique grandit dans... Read Full Overview

Les Rougon-Macquart: histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le second Empire. XVI (1888). Texte int?gral. Cet ouvrage s'inscrit dans un projet de sauvegarde et de valorisation de biblioth?ques et fonds patrimoniaux anciens appartenant ? la litt?rature des 19e et 20e... Read Full Overview

R SUM "Le R ve" d' mile Zola, seizi me roman de la s rie des Rougon-Macquart, est une oeuvre qui se distingue par son atmosph re onirique et sa profondeur motionnelle. L'histoire se d roule dans la ville fictive de Beaumont, o l'on suit le destin d'Ang lique, une jeune orpheline... Read Full Overview

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... 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

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.

This work has been... Read Full Overview

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview