Rome, Lourdes and Paris collectively name one series by this author, and in one of this man's novels, a woman is raped on a pile of rope in a shed at 
Rome, Lourdes and Paris collectively name one series by this author, and in one of this man's novels, a woman is raped on a pile of rope in a shed at Requillart. That work eventually sees the protagonist kill Chaval with a piece of slate before his rescue from the bottom of a mineshaft. Pauline nearly marries the death-obsessed Lazare in his The Joy of Life. Other titles such as The (*) Dram Shop and Nana appear in his Les Rougons-Macquarts. Aside from such longer works as the story of a coal mining strike, Germinal, this author addressed three handwriting experts and various military officials in a letter defending Dreyfus. For 10 points, name this author of "J'accuse"
Rome, Lourdes and Paris collectively name one series by this author, and in one of this man's novels, a woman is raped on a pile of rope in a shed at Requillart.
Emile {Zola}