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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsTHEBELLYOFPARISÉmileZolawasborninParisin1840,thesonofaVenetianengineerandhisFrenchwife.HegrewupinAix-en-ProvencewherehemadefriendswithPaulCézanne.AfteranundistinguishedschoolcareerandabriefperiodofdirepovertyinParis,Zolajoinedthenewlyfoundedpublishing
2、firmofHachettewhichheleftin1866tolivebyhispen.Hehadalreadypublishedanovelandhisfirstcol-lectionofshortstories.Othernovelsandstoriesfolloweduntilin1871ZolapublishedthefirstvolumeofhisRougon-MacquartserieswiththesubtitleHistoirenaturelleetsocialed’unefamillesousleSecondEmpire,
3、inwhichhesetsouttoillustratetheinfluenceofheredityandenvironmentonawiderangeofcharactersandmilieus.However,itwasnotuntil1877thathisnovelL’Assommoir,astudyofalco-holismintheworkingclasses,broughthimwealthandfame.ThelastoftheRougon-Macquartseriesappearedin1893andhissubse-que
4、ntwritingwasfarlesssuccessful,althoughheachievedfameofadifferentsortinhisvigorousandinfluentialinterventionintheDreyfuscase.Hismarriagein1870hadremainedchildlessbuthisextremelyhappyliaisoninlaterlifewithJeanneRozerot,initiallyoneofhisdomesticservants,gavehimasonandadaughter
5、.Hediedin1902.BrianNelsonisProfessorofFrenchStudiesatMonashUniversity,Melbourne,andeditoroftheAustralianJournalofFrenchStudies.HispublicationsincludeZolaandtheBourgeoisieand,aseditor,TheCambridgeCompaniontoÉmileZola.HehastranslatedandeditedZola’sPotLuck(Pot-Bouille),TheLa
6、dies’Paradise(AuBonheurdesDames),andTheKill(LaCurée)forOxfordWorld’sClassics.oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles—fromthe4,000-year-oldmythsofMesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgre
7、atestnovels—theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksoftheearlyyearscontainedintroductionsbyVirginiaWoolf,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheexperienceofreading.Todaytheseriesisrecognizedforitsfineschola
8、rshipandreliabilityintextsthatspanworldliterature,dramaandpoetry,religion,philosophyandpolitics.
