Contains English translations of sixteen short fiction stories by nineteenth-century French author Emile Zola.

Full text. The Attack on the Mill takes place during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, and the whole story takes place in and around Merlier's mill and shows the

In contrast with the epic scope of the Rougon-Macquart novels, Zola's short stories are concerned with the everyday aspects of human existence and the interests

Out walking Ada Robinson's dog while his wife drinks herself into a forgetful fug, Harry Maiden discovers an intricate system of caves beneath the wind turbines