Description
| Product ID: | 9781847496973 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Attack on the Mill and Other Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Emile Zola, Douglas Parmee |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | Most famous for his twenty-volume dissection of nineteenth-century French mores and society, the Rougon-Macquart novels, Zola was also an extremely accomplished short-story writer, as exemplified by the tales included in this volume. Most famous for his twenty-volume dissection of nineteenth-century French mores and society, the Rougon-Macquart novels, Zola was also an extremely accomplished short-story writer, as exemplified by the tales included in this volume.Concerned with the manifold aspects of everyday life and varying in their settings – from aristocratic drawing rooms to poverty-stricken garrets, from the hustle and bustle of Paris to the Provençal countryside of the author’s childhood – these stories will keep the reader riveted from the beginning to the end and surprise for their modernity.Contains:The Attack on the MillThe Girl Who Loves MeRentafoilDeath by AdvertisingStory of a MadmanBig MichuThe Way People DieA Flash in the PanAbsence Makes the Heart Grow FonderPriests and SinnersFair ExchangeThe Haunted House |
| Imprint Name: | Alma Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Alma Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-06-22 |