Zola, Émile

1. A nineteenth-century French author, best remembered for his essay “J'accuse,” which strongly criticized the French government. ( See Dreyfus affair .)

Example Sentences

Movies about literary lions and lionesses—The Life of Emile Zola (1937) and Out of Africa (1985)—took home the gold statue.

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He did so in the beautiful and heartfelt speech which he made at Emile Zola's grave; but he had done it long before.

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Alexander Dumas and Emile Zola are credited with calling it the elixir of life.

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Emile Zola, the graphic author of realistic fiction, carefully makes studies from life for his sensational works.

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The remains of Emile Zola were also transferred to the Pantheon.

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Thus, in the case of the later novels of Emile Zola, an edition meant two hundred copies.

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