Emile Zola — La Joie de Vivre

Paris , G. Charpentier et Cie, 1884. Leather. The twelfth novel from Emile Zola's prominent 'Rougon-Macquart' series, in the original French. "Twelfth thousand" edition. In the original French. Bound in half paper vellum, with marbled boards.'La Joie de Vivre' is the twelfth novel in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. The twenty-volume series (Natural and social history of a family under the Second Empire) follows the family members of two titular branches of a fictional family living during the Second French Empire. Zola was a twice Nobel Prize nominated French novelist, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalisation of France and in the exoneration of Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse..! Bound in half paper vellum, with marbled boards. Externally, with discolouration to the vellum and scuffing to the boards. Slight cocking to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With scattered spotting throughout. Worming to the title and first page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .