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Zola’s Les Rougon-Macquart cycle in modern translation
Following the publication of the second edition of The Assommoir in September 2021, OWC has at last completed modern translations of all twenty 'Les Rougon-Macquart' novels ,a project which started in 1993. The series has been credited with opening up the novel to new subjects for examination, from the realities of working-class life to questions of gender and sexuality. The new translations were included in The New Statesman's 'Books of the year' for 2021 by Simon Winder.
- ・The Fortune of the Rougons (La Fortune des Rougon)
- ・His Excellency Eugène Rougon (Son Excellence Eugène Rougon)
- ・The Kill (La Curée)
- ・Money (L’Argent)
- ・The Dream (Le Rêve)
- ・The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans)
- ・Pot Luck (Pot-Bouille)
- ・The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames)
- ・The Sin of Abbé Mouret (La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret)
- ・A Love Story (Une page d’amour)
- ・The Belly of Paris (Le Ventre de Paris)
- ・The Bright Side of Life (La joie de vivre)
- ・The Assommoir (L’Assommoir)
- ・The Masterpiece (L'Œuvre)
- ・La Bête Humaine
- ・Germinal
- ・Nana
- ・Earth (La Terre)
- ・La Débâcle
- ・Doctor Pascal (Le Docteur Pascal)
January 19, 2022