In POT BOUILLE, the well-known French novelist Emile Zola and dramatist William Busnach combine their talents to unmask the hypocrisy that hides behind the facade of a respectable and fashionable Parisian apartment house. The Josserands are struggling to make ends meet, and at the same time to marry off their two daughters to prosperous businessmen. At the heart of this broken family is a weak husband and domineering, spendthrift wife, who between them create two willful children who are doomed to unhappy lives. The sly and adulterous Berthe seduces a shop owner into marriage, and Hortense...
In POT BOUILLE, the well-known French novelist Emile Zola and dramatist William Busnach combine their talents to unmask the hypocrisy that hides behin...
Based on Zola's 1867 novel, and dramatized by the author in 1873, this play is almost a French version of the Russian novel, Crime and Punishment. Therese and her lover, Laurent, decide to kill her likable but sickly husband, Camille (also her husband), and succeed in doing so without arousing any suspicion. The boating accident that ends Camille's life also makes Laurent a hero for rescuing Therese. The lovers remain apart for a year, until friends of the family suggest they marry. But both are remorseful and guilt-ridden. Finally, Therese's mother discovers the truth, but suffers a stroke...
Based on Zola's 1867 novel, and dramatized by the author in 1873, this play is almost a French version of the Russian novel, Crime and Punishment. The...
Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Levasseur, who never seems to have suffered, his hatred is immediate.
Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he f...
Features a depiction of a pilgrimage to Lourdes. This book offers commentary on suffering and the belief in miracles as the last desperate refuge from pain. It contains various characters and describes the physical effects of their illnesses, their hopes, beliefs, fears, and above all endurance.
Features a depiction of a pilgrimage to Lourdes. This book offers commentary on suffering and the belief in miracles as the last desperate refuge from...
Emile Zola (1840-1902) stellt den ersten bedeutenden Kriegsroman des 19. Jahrhunderts dar. Das Buch zeigt eindrucksvoll die Pariser Kommune. Die Geschehnisse erzahlen den Untergang des ersten Kaiserreichs im deutsch-franzosischen Krieg 1870/1871.
Emile Zola (1840-1902) stellt den ersten bedeutenden Kriegsroman des 19. Jahrhunderts dar. Das Buch zeigt eindrucksvoll die Pariser Kommune. Die Gesch...
Im zweiten Band des Kriegsromans Der Zusammenbruch entwickelt sich zwischen Jean Macquarts und Maurice Levasseur wahrend der Gefangenschaft nach der Schlacht um Sedan eine wahre Freundschaft. Anhand ihrer Erlebnisse und privaten Schicksale fuhrt Zola den Leser durch den Verlauf des grausamen deutsch-franzosischen Krieges.
Im zweiten Band des Kriegsromans Der Zusammenbruch entwickelt sich zwischen Jean Macquarts und Maurice Levasseur wahrend der Gefangenschaft nach der S...
Der franzosische Schriftsteller Emile Zola findet mit seinem Roman Doktor Pascal den Abschluss seiner Rougon-Macquart-Reihe, welche die Familiengeschichte der Rougon-Macquart-Verbindung im zweiten franzosischen Kaiserreich begleitet.
Der franzosische Schriftsteller Emile Zola findet mit seinem Roman Doktor Pascal den Abschluss seiner Rougon-Macquart-Reihe, welche die Familiengeschi...
