La Terre
1887 novel by Émile Zola / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the film adaptation, see The Earth (1921 film). For the video game, see La Terre (video game).
La Terre (The Earth) is a novel by Émile Zola, published in 1887. It is the fifteenth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. The action takes place in a rural community in the Beauce, an area in central France west of Paris. The novel is connected to others in the series by the protagonist, Jean Macquart, whose childhood in the south of France was recounted in La Fortune des Rougon, and who goes on to feature prominently in the later novel La Débâcle.
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Author | Émile Zola |
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Country | France |
Language | French |
Series | Les Rougon-Macquart |
Genre | Naturalist novel |
Publisher | Charpentier |
Publication date | 1887 |
Media type | Print (serial, hardback & paperback) |
Preceded by | Nana |
Followed by | La Débâcle |
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