The Rougon Macquart Novels
by Emile Zola

 

 

Title:

La Joie de Vivre

First Published in 1884

English Translations:

How Jolly Life Is!(1886)
Published by Vizetelly & Co. Translated by(or for) H. Vizetelly

The Joy of Life(1901)
Published by Chatto & Windus. Translated/Edited by Ernest Vizetelly

Zest for Life(1955)
Published by Elek Books Ltd. Translated by Jean Stewart

My Translation:

 

Film Versions:

None Known

Setting:

Bonneville, a fictional village in Normandy near to the real life Caen

Summary:

 

My View:

 

 

Character List

Members of the Rougon Macquart Family

 

 

 

 

 

Other Characters