20 Results For: Zola
Zola and the Victorians
In his time, Zola made his British contemporaries look pastoral; but it was his English publisher who bore the brunt of the moral outrage at Zola’s depictions of society. His ultimately tragic tale of translation and censorship remains relevant even … More
Zola and the Victorians by Eileen Horne
In his time, Zola made his English contemporaries, including Hardy and Dickens, look positively pastoral; much of his writing is considered shocking and transgressive even now.This book offers the untold story of Zola’s original reception in England.
Zola and Cinema
Fri 12 Jun
Since the early days of the cinema Zola’s novels have been a source of inspiration for successive directors, each offering their own, often highly personal, readings. A talk with Dr Russell Cousins (University of Birmingham). In English | £3, free … More
Talks
Zola’s Priests
Sat 21 Mar
With Dr Aude Campmas (University of Southampton), Professor Alison Finch (University of Cambridge), John Hackett (University of London) and Professor Patrick Pollard (University of London). Info & booking: chantalsmorel@googlemail.com
Talks
Zola and Vizetelly
Fri 20 Feb
Translator’s Nightmare or Nightmare of a Translator? With Dr Geoff Woollen (University of Glasgow) £3, free for members of the Emile Zola Society Info & booking: chantalsmorel@googlemail.com
Talks
Travelling by train with Emile Zola
Fri 29 Nov
This talk, organized by the Emile Zola Society London, will be chaired by Professeur Patrick Pollard, Birkbeck College. It will focus on the masterpiece that is La Bête humaine, which brillantly explored how the French society of the Second Empire … More
Talks
Zola & Manet
Fri 21 Jun
Following the great success of the Manet exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, this talk by Professor Robert Lethbridge, Master of Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge will deal with the relationship between Zola and Manet, as evidenced in Zola’s … More
Arts, Talks
Zola and Trollope
Fri 7 Dec
The Annual General Meeting of the Emile Zola Society will be followed by readings from the works of Emile Zola and Anthony Trollope, and by a discussion with Professor Valérie Minogue. A pre-Christmas drink will be offered. Fri 7 Dec, … More
Talks
La Bête humaine
Sun 14 Apr
Lantier is a train engineer who falls madly in love with his superior’s wife, Severine. When working one day, he witnesses them both murder their former employer. He decides not to say anything to save the woman he loves… Zola’s … More
Cinema
Thérèse Raquin
Sun 15 Jul
Winner of the Silver Lion in Venice in 1953, and starring Simone Signoret, Thérèse Raquin is a loose adaptation of Emile Zola’s eponymous novel. Bored out of her mind with a sickly husband and a domineering mother-in-law, Thérèse comes back … More
Cinema
Oliver Emanuel on L’Assommoir – Reading Workshop
The playwright Oliver Emanuel explores L’Assommoir by French writer Emile Zola, part of its 20 volume series Les Rougon-Macquart, published in the 19th century. Come and talk about this masterpiece studying the effects of alcoholism and poverty.
Cézanne and I
Wed 17 Jan
This 19th century period drama charts the long friendship and eventual fallout between impressionist artist Paul Cézanne (Guillaume Galienne), who was born into a wealthy family but struggled to make a living as a painter, and Emile Zola (Guillaume Canet), … More
Cinema
24th French Film Festival
Thu 3 - Thu 10 Nov
Not that we are constantly waving the French flag, but it’s that time of the year again, when French cinema is celebrated UK-wide and especially at Ciné Lumière on the occasion of the 24th French Film Festival (at Ciné Lumière … More
Cinema
Au Bonheur des dames
Sun 4 Jan
Au Bonheur des dames is a strikingly modern film and yet an elegy to silent filmmaking with its soaring camerawork, luminous decor, and stylish montage sequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, it describes the fate of a family tailor shop … More
Cinema
Grand Central
Fri 12 - Tue 23 Sept
Featuring electrifying performances from Léa Seydoux and Tahar Rahim, Grand Central is a politically charged feature with the intensely satisfying narrative drive of a Zola novel. After a succession of odd jobs, Gary is taken on at a nuclear power … More
Cinema
Napoléon III
Fri 6 Jun
An Illustrated Talk by David King Napoléon III sought asylum in England on several occasions during the reign of Queen Victoria, and soon after the 1870 ‘Débâcle’, he left for Chislehurst where he died in 1873. The talk will cover … More
Talks
Paris – Babylone: The Vices of Empire
Sat 22 Mar
This seminar, organised by the Emile Zola Society London, will celebrate the publication of the new translation of Zola’s Money (L’Argent) by Valérie Minogue, Professor Emeritus of the University of Wales. It will explore how this masterpiece has brillantly shown … More
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