Chapter I

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

the two together, not just one

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

actively or fully engaged or occupied

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

past form of “comprise” — be composed of

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

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From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

plural of “critic” — a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

without question and beyond doubt

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

past form of “discuss” — to consider or examine in speech or writing

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

divisible by two

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

set up or found

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

recently made, produced, or harvested

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a newspaper or official journal

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

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unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

possessive form of “james” — a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a person who makes things

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

in spite of what has just been said

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

not any; not one

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

plural of “novel” — an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

From this reading Price 3s.

for the most part

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

plural of “production” — the act or process of producing something

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

put into print

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Price 3s.

a native or inhabitant of Scotland

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

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act as a barrier between; stand between

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

apart from others

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

similar things placed in order or happening one after another

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

comparative of “short” — primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

precisely as stated

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

which person or people

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

comparative of “wide” — having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading It is natural that his novels should present so very much wider and more attractive a subject for analysis that, so far as I can discover, even in France no critic has hitherto taken the shorter productions separately, and discussed M. Zola as a maker of _contes_.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

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From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

in the company of; together with

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.

a late time of life

From this reading Nevertheless, he has found time during the thirty years of his busy literary career to publish about as many small stories, now comprised in four separate volumes.

French novelist and critic; defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902)

From this reading 6d._ _World.--“Characteristic, fresh, and simply-pathetic.”_ _St. James’s Gazette.--“Decidedly good stories and well told.”_ _Scotsman.--“The book will interest every one who takes it up.”_ _Morning Post.--“Considerable freshness of inspiration ... touches both of humour and pathos.”_ With an Essay on the Short Stories of M. Zola by Edmund Gosse London William Heinemann Bedford Street W.C. MDCCCXCII It is by his huge novels, and principally by those of the _Rougon-Macquart_ series, that M. Zola is known to the public and to the critics.