Project Gutenberg 2005-05-25 Public domain in the USA. 827 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred 1853 1922 Vizetelly, E. A. (Ernest Alfred) Vizetelly, Ernest A. L'oeuvre. English His Masterpiece Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C5%92uvre Dagny and David Widger "His Masterpiece" by Émile Zola is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story navigates artistic life in Paris, focusing on the character Claude Lantier, a painter grappling with his ambitions and the complexities of both life and love. Zola's portrayal is expected to reflect the personal struggles and societal challenges faced by artists during this transformative period in France. The opening of the novel introduces Claude as he navigates a stormy Paris night, leading to an unexpected encounter with a drenched young girl named Christine. She is lost and frightened after a series of setbacks—an accident on her train and a rogue cab driver. Claude's initial distrust of Christine gradually softens as he offers her shelter in his studio, setting the stage for a complicated dynamic between them. The text vividly explores Claude's perceptions of women, his artistic aspirations, and the romantic tension that begins to develop with Christine, providing an engaging glimpse into both his internal struggles and the broader artistic context of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Autobiographical fiction Impressionist artists -- France -- Paris -- Fiction Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: French Literature 896310 2025-06-07T04:57:50.016256 text/html 920815 2021-09-30T01:58:07 text/html 436061 2025-06-07T04:58:02.106243 application/epub+zip 437718 2025-06-07T04:57:53.619257 application/epub+zip 422873 2025-06-07T04:57:52.172274 application/epub+zip 733018 2025-06-07T04:58:09.091183 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 711013 2025-06-07T04:58:01.240221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 682457 2022-09-08T00:17:53.001730 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 868191 2025-06-07T04:57:49.081254 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 868000 2021-09-30T01:57:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20165 2025-06-07T04:58:09.369158 application/rdf+xml 14360 2025-06-07T04:57:52.801239 image/jpeg 3437 2025-06-07T04:57:52.504236 image/jpeg 336751 2021-09-30T01:59:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 343789 2021-09-30T01:59:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 415620 2025-06-07T04:57:50.096258 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia