The night light in the blue-tinged glass on the mantleshelf burned behind a book, which cast a shadow across half the bedroom. The quiet glow spreading over the bedside table and the chaise lounge,…| This Reading Life
Gervaise had waited up for Lantier until two in the morning. Then, shivering all over from sitting half undressed in the cold air from the window, she’d slumped across the bed, feeling feveri…| This Reading Life
I promised I wouldn’t write a post for every single chapter in L’Assommoir but how does every second chapter sound :-D ? The famous wedding day between Gervaise and Coupeau in L’A…| This Reading Life
Reading Zola in April with Fanda @Classiclit has become a tradition and a treat; something I look forward to every year. Zola’s Paris novels in particular, fascinate me. Zola was the master o…| This Reading Life
The President of the Chamber remained standing until the faint stir caused by his entry subsided. Then he took his seat, saying rather nonchalantly, in a quiet voice: ‘The sitting is open.…| This Reading Life
Émile Zola: A Very Short Introduction is part of the very excellent Oxford University Press Very Short Introduction series. There are over 700 titles in the series covering everything from author b…| This Reading Life
La Teuse came in and popped her broom and her feather duster against the alter. Confession one: this story ended up being a chore to read. After six engaging, enthralling Zola’s I have hit my…| This Reading Life
La Conquête de Plassans, or The Conquest of Plassans (1874) is the fourth novel in Émile Zola’s twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart series that I have been reading with Fanda for #Zolad…| This Reading Life
Le Ventre de Paris (also known as The Belly of Paris – a direct translation, or The Fat and the Thin referring to one of the main ideas explored in the story) is not only an extremely visual …| This Reading Life
In the Rue Neuve-Saint-Augustin, a hold-up in the traffic stopped the cab which was bringing Octave and his three trunks from the Gare de Lyon. The young man lowered one of the windows, although it…| This Reading Life
