The Masterpiece (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Émile Zola; Roger Pearson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192839632 ISBN 13: 9780192839633

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist who has come from the provinces to conquer Paris but is conquered instead by the flaws of his own genius. Set in the 1860s and 1870s, it is the most autobiographical of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. It provides a unique insight into Zola's career as a writer and his relationship with Cezanne, a friend since their schooldays in Aix-en-Provence. It also presents a well-documented account of the turbulent Bohemian world in which the Impressionists came to prominence despite the conservatism of the Academy and the ridicule of the general public.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Pearson is at The Queen's College, Oxford.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0192839632
• ISBN 13: 9780192839633
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464