This writer was fired by his publisher Hachette after his semi- autobiographical novel "La Confession de Claude" attracted police attention. He was a childhood friend of Cezanne, although they later s
This writer was fired by his publisher Hachette after his semi- autobiographical novel "La Confession de Claude" attracted police attention. He was a childhood friend of Cezanne, although they later split over his portrayal of Bohemian painters in "L'œuvre." After ruining the life of every man that pursues her, the title character of one of his novels suffers a terrible death from smallpox. In his most famous novel, Étienne Lantier is trapped at the bottom of a mine shaft after a riot of miners goes awry. Both "Nana" and "Germinal" are part of a twenty-novel cycle by this man, "Les Rougon-Macquart." FTP, identify this French author who exposed the Dreyfus affair in "J'accuse."
This writer was fired by his publisher Hachette after his semi- autobiographical novel "La Confession de Claude" attracted police attention.
Émile {Zola}