"For a Night of Love" by Émile Zola is a story set in a small town, where love, intense longing, and right versus wrong clash through Julien Michon, a man whose hidden emotions pull him into the shadows. Julien, a clerk who finds it hard to connect, becomes completely fixated on Therese de Marsanne, a striking woman who lives in a fancy house. What stars as admiration grows into an all-consuming obsession, especially after his music brings Therese to him. However, he soon finds himself in a terrible situation as Therese, deeply in love with Colombel, accidentally kills him during a fight. Desperate, Therese ropes Julien into helping her hide the crime, binding them together in a destructive path. The story builds with raw emotion, leading to a grim end that shows the harsh side of love and the pain of being betrayed.
For a Night of Love
By Émile Zola
When hidden desires lead to a desperate act, two lives become entangled in a web of secrets and deadly consequences.
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About the AuthorÉmile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse…!  Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel prizes in literature in 1901 and 1902.
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse…!  Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel prizes in literature in 1901 and 1902.
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