Le Rêve

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Le Rêve is a 1888 novel by Émile Zola that departs from his usual gritty naturalism to tell a more lyrical, dreamlike story of a young orphan girl’s idealized love and religious devotion.


Statements (37)
Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Émile Zola
basedOn Catholic hagiography motifs
containsMotif miracles
saintly legends
countryOfOrigin France
departsFrom Zola's usual gritty naturalism
firstPublicationFormat book
followedBy La Bête humaine
follows La Terre
genre novel
religious fiction
romantic fiction
hasAdaptation Le Rêve (1914 film)
Le Rêve (1921 film)
Le Rêve (opera)
hasIllustrationsBy Carlos Schwabe
hasTitleInEnglish The Dream
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Naturalism
mainCharacter Angélique
narrativeStyle dreamlike
lyrical
originalLanguage French
partOfSeries Les Rougon-Macquart
protagonistDescription young orphan girl
publicationYear 1888
publisher Charpentier
seriesNumber 16
setting French provincial town
theme destiny
faith
idealized love
innocence
religious devotion
timePeriodOfStory 19th century

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Le Rêve ("Le Rêve (1914 film)")
Le Rêve ("Le Rêve (1921 film)")
hasAdaptation
La Débâcle
follows
Les Rougon-Macquart
hasPart
Marie-Thérèse Walter ("The Dream (Le Rêve)")
inspiredWork
Émile Zola
notableWork

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