L’Œuvre

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L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.

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instanceOf naturalist novel
novel
author Émile Zola
countryOfOrigin France
depicts Impressionist-inspired painters
Parisian art world
explores limits of artistic perfection
relationship between artist and society
firstPublisher Charpentier
genre Fiction
Naturalism
hasAdaptation L’Œuvre self-linksurface differs
surface form: L’Œuvre (stage adaptations)

L’Œuvre self-linksurface differs
surface form: L’Œuvre (television adaptations)
hasCharacter Bongrand
Christine Hallegrain
Claude Lantier
Irma Bécot
Jory
Mahoudeau
Pierre Sandoz
hasISBN various editions
hasPageCountApprox 400
inspiredBy Impressionism
surface form: French Impressionism
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Naturalism
mainCharacter Claude Lantier
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
originalTitle L’Œuvre self-link
partOf French literature
partOfCycle Les Rougon-Macquart
positionInSeries 14
protagonistOccupation painter
publicationYear 1886
publisherLocation Paris
series Les Rougon-Macquart
settingLocation Paris
settingPeriod 19th century
theme artistic obsession
bohemian life
conflict between art and life
failure
madness
titleInEnglish L’Œuvre self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Masterpiece

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Émile Zola notableWork L’Œuvre
Les Rougon-Macquart hasPart L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre originalTitle L’Œuvre self-link
L’Œuvre titleInEnglish L’Œuvre self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Masterpiece
L’Œuvre hasAdaptation L’Œuvre self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: L’Œuvre (stage adaptations)
L’Œuvre hasAdaptation L’Œuvre self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: L’Œuvre (television adaptations)
Bongrand appearsIn L’Œuvre
Christine Hallegrain appearsIn L’Œuvre
Pierre Sandoz fictionalUniverse L’Œuvre
Pierre Sandoz appearsIn L’Œuvre
Mahoudeau appearsIn L’Œuvre
Jory appearsIn L’Œuvre
Claude Lantier appearsIn L’Œuvre
Claude Lantier centralThemeOf L’Œuvre
Claude Lantier firstAppearance L’Œuvre
this entity surface form: novel L’Œuvre
Irma Bécot appearsIn L’Œuvre
Irma Bécot originalTitleOfWork L’Œuvre