La Joie de vivre

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La Joie de vivre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores pessimism, suffering, and resilience within a bourgeois family in provincial France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naturalist novel
novel
author Émile Zola
countryOfOrigin France
creator Émile Zola
depictsSocialClass bourgeoisie
genre naturalism
realist fiction
hasFemaleProtagonist true
hasWorkInSeriesFollowedBy Les Rougon-Macquart
surface form: Germinal
hasWorkInSeriesPrecededBy Pot-Bouille
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Naturalism
mainCharacter Lazare Chanteau
Pauline Quenu
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
originalTitle La Joie de vivre self-link
partOf Les Rougon-Macquart
surface form: Rougon-Macquart cycle
positionInSeries 12
publicationCentury 19th century
series Les Rougon-Macquart
setting Normandy
surface form: Normandy coast

provincial France
theme bourgeois family life
financial ruin
heredity
illness and decay
pessimism
resilience
self-sacrifice
social environment
suffering

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Au Bonheur des Dames followedBy La Joie de vivre
Les Rougon-Macquart hasPart La Joie de vivre
Émile Zola notableWork La Joie de vivre
La Joie de vivre originalTitle La Joie de vivre self-link