Emile Zola was one of the few figures to defend him. Zola's tireless campaign was a key part in turning around Manet’s reputation. Most of Zola’s novels first appeared in newspapers.

Glenda Jackson stars as Dide, the matriarch to a family of wolves, in this groundbreaking drama serialisation of all 20 novels in Zola's epic Rougon-Macquart family saga.

This vibrant ecosystem, which has evolved considerably from an expansive collection of food stalls centuries ago, is at the heart of Émile Zola’s novel of the Belle Époque. Florent Quenu ...