Earth by Émile Zola

Earth

Les Rougon-Macquart #15

Émile Zola with Brian Nelson (Translator), Julie Rose (Contributor)

464 pages • first pub 1887 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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'Only the earth is immortal...the earth we love enough to commit murder for her.'Zola's novel of peasant life, the fifteenth in the Rougon-Macquart series, is generally regarded as one of his finest achievements, comparable to Germinal and L'Assom...

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Community Reviews

4.08
based on 152 reviews

Moods

dark: 91%

sad: 75%

emotional: 50%

challenging: 41%

reflective: 41%

funny: 33%

informative: 25%

tense: 25%

Pace

36% of readers chose medium
63% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

22% of readers chose A mix
77% of readers chose Character
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

55% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

10% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
70% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

12% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
75% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
Yes

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