title: Earth (Oxford World's Classics)
author: mile Zola
description: <br /><strong>Brian Nelson</strong> has been editor of the <em>Australian Journal of French Studies</em> since 2002. He is well known for his critical studies and translations of the novels of Emile Zola. These include <em>The Cambridge Companion to Zola, Zola and the Bourgeoisie</em>, and translations for Oxford World's Classics of <em>The</em> <em>Fortune of the Rougons, The Belly of Paris, The Kill, Pot Luck</em>, and <em>The Ladies' Paradise</em>. His most recent publication is <em>The Cambridge Introduction to French Literature</em> (CUP, 2015).<br /><br /><strong>Julie Rose</strong> is an internationally renowned translator, whose many translations range from Victor Hugo's <em>Les Mis'erables</em>, Racine's <em>Ph'edre</em> and Andr'e Gortz's <em>Letter to D</em> to a dozen works by celebrated urbanist-architect and theorist Paul Virilio, and other leading French thinkers.<br />
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  With Zola in England
  
  
  PREFACE.
  
  
  WITH ZOLA IN ENGLAND
  
  
    
    
  I. ZOLA LEAVES FRANCE  
    
  II. IN LONDON  
    
  III. DANGER SIGNALS  
    
  IV. A CHANGE OF QUARTERS  
    
  V. WIMBLEDON—OATLANDS  
    
  [ VI. STILL AT
  OATLANDS](With%20Zola%20in%20England_split_001.html#filepos109413)  
    
  [ VII. EXCURSIONS AND
  ALARUMS](With%20Zola%20in%20England_split_001.html#filepos120938)  
    
  [ VIII. OTHER PERSONAL
  ADVENTURES](With%20Zola%20in%20England_split_001.html#filepos138268)  
    
  [ IX. A QUIET HOME AND A HAUNTED
  HOUSE](With%20Zola%20in%20England_split_001.html#filepos153992)  
    
  [ X. 'LE REVE': THE
  DREAM](With%20Zola%20in%20England_split_001.html#filepos170119)  
    
  [ XI. THROUGH THE
  AUTUMN](With%20Zola%20in%20England_split_001.html#filepos188049)  
    
  [ XII. THE FINAL RESTING-
  PLACE](With%20Zola%20in%20England_split_001.html#filepos205363)  
    
  [ XIII. WINTER DAYS](With%20Zola%20in%20England_split_001.html#filepos222856)  
    
  [ XIV. 'WAITING FOR THE
  VERDICT'](With%20Zola