Germinal - formato ePub

El 13 de enero de 1898, en L'Aurore, el líder francés del naturalismo, Émile Zola, defendió con elegancia al capitalista Alfred Dreyfus, sospechoso de traición. Lejos de ser una simple noticia, el asunto...

Este es el dossier, reunido y comentado por el propio Zola, de sus polémicos escritos relacionados con el caso Dreyfus, que culminaron con el archinombrado pero poco conocido Yo acuso. Cuando en 1894...

Este es el dossier, reunido y comentado por el propio Zola, de sus polémicos escritos relacionados con el caso Dreyfus, que culminaron con el archinombrado pero poco conocido Yo acuso. Cuando en 1894...

"Hace ocho días que Luciano Bérard y Hortensia Larivière están casados. La madre de la novia, viuda del señor Larivière, que posee, desde hace treinta años, un comercio de juguetes y bisutería en la calle...

El Paraíso de las Damas narra la historia de una joven provinciana, Denise Baudu, que llega a París a la muerte de sus padres en busca de ayuda. La acompañan sus dos hermanos menores, Jean y Pepé. Se...

Germinal es la decimotercera novela de los veinte volúmenes que Émile Zola escribió dentro de la serie Les Rougon-Macquart. Se suele considerar que es una de las mejores novelas jamás escritas en francés.

Hijo de Gervaise Macquart et de su amante Lantier, el joven Étienne Lantier es despedido de su trabajo por haberle dado una bofetada a su patrón. Desempleado, se va al norte de la Francia en busca de...

Alegato en favor del capitán Alfred Dreyfus, dirigido por Émile Zola mediante una carta abierta al presidente de Francia, M. Félix Faure, y publicado por el diario L'Aurore el 13 de enero de 1898 en su...

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Thérèse Raquin (1867) fue la cuarta novela de Émile Zola y la primera en la que tomó forma literaria el ideario naturalista. A partir de un trágico suceso ampliamente comentado en la prensa de la época,...

«Yo vivo en París, abro la ventana cada mañana y miro lo que tengo delante.» El interés por la actualidad y la necesidad de pintarla en toda su materialidad, como sus amigos los pintores impresionistas,...

La poderosa carta abierta de Émile Zola al presidente francés sobre el caso Dreyfus.Este es el dossier, reunido y comentado por el propio Zola, de sus polémicos escritos relacionados con el caso Dreyfus,...

Gervaise Macquart, que había llegado a París cargada de proyectos e ilusiones, se encuentra sola y con hijos que alimentar en uno de los barrios más pobres de la ciudad. Cuanto más intenta tirar adelante...

Dice Emile Cioran: "Los malos deseos, los vicios, las pasiones dudosas y condenables, el gusto por el lujo, la envidia, la emulación siniestra, etc, son los que mueven a la sociedad, ¿qué digo?, los que...

Hijo de Gervaise Macquart et de su amante Lantier, el joven Étienne Lantier es despedido de su trabajo por haberle dado una bofetada a su patrón. Desempleado, se va al norte de la Francia en busca de...

Hijo de Gervaise Macquart et de su amante Lantier, el joven Étienne Lantier es despedido de su trabajo por haberle dado una bofetada a su patrón. Desempleado, se va al norte de la Francia en busca de...

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