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In The Preparation of My Introduction I Have
In The Preparation of My Introduction I Have
: An accountof his Life and Work, by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (London, John Lane, 1904). Reference has
also been made toMr. Arthur Symons'
Fortnightly Review
Atlantic Monthly
Contemporary Review
Encyclopaedia Britannica
and in the
.By kind permission of Messrs. Chatto & Windus it has been possible to include the diagram of
theRougon-Macquart Genealogical Tree, which appears in the Preface to their edition of
Doctor Pascal
, and tomake use of their translations in the preparation of the Dictionary. In compiling the latter, Zola's
own wordshave been adopted so far as possible, though usually they have required such condensation
as to make directquotation difficult. This difficulty was increased by the fact that occasional use was
made of differenttranslations of the same book, and that frequent references to the original were found
necessary.The Synopses of the Plots of the novels are arranged in the order in which the books should
be read, asindicated by their Author in
Le Docteur Pascal