L’Œuvre

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naturalist novel novel

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
L’Œuvre (stage adaptations) 1
L’Œuvre (television adaptations) 1
The Masterpiece 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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)
Les Rougon-Macquart → hasPart → L’Œuvre ⓘ
Émile Zola → notableWork → L’Œuvre ⓘ
L’Œuvre → originalTitle → L’Œuvre self-link ⓘ
L’Œuvre → titleInEnglish → L’Œuvre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Masterpiece