
The Masterpiece
Emile Zola(Author)
Roger Pearson(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 10. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-19-953691-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist from the provinces who has come to conquer Paris and is conquered by the flaws in his own genius. While his boyhood friend Pierre Sandoz becomes a successful novelist, Claude's originality is mocked at the Salon and turns gradually into a doomed obsession with one great canvas. Life - in the form of his model and wife Christine and their deformed child Jacques - is sacrificed on the altar of Art.
The Masterpiece is the most autobiographical of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. Set in the 1860s and 1870s, it provides a unique insight into his 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 Bohemia world in which the Impressionists came to prominence despit the conservatism of the Academy and the ridicule of the general public.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Masterpiece is the most autobiographical of the twenty novels in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. Set in the 1860s and 1870s, it provides a unique insight into his 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 Bohemia world in which the Impressionists came to prominence despit the conservatism of the Academy and the ridicule of the general public.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
274 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-953691-7 (9780199536917)
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Additional editions

Émile Zola | Roger Pearson
The Masterpiece
E-Book
07/2016
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€5.49
Available for download

Émile Zola | Roger Pearson
The Masterpiece
E-Book
07/2016
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€5.49
Available for download
Persons
Author
Editor
Fellow and Tutor in FrenchFellow and Tutor in French, The Queen's College, Oxford
Translation
Content
No Penguin competition.