In 1888, Emile Zola is a writer covered with glory. However, from the top of his 48 years, he is overweight, suffers from shortness of breath and feels like he has missed his life. Zola gets more and more tired of his wife Alexandrine, who lets herself go and with whom he cannot have a child. In this new episode of the Europe 1 Studio podcast “At the heart of History”, Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach recounts the meeting of the famous novelist with the one who will upset the course of his life: the young and pretty Jeanne Rozerot.
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Jeanne was 21 when she was hired by Alexandrine as a linen maid and maid. Zola, who is afraid of growing old, is immediately attracted by the youth of her new maid… Who will give her two children! In this new episode of the Europe 1 Studio podcast “At the heart of History”, Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach describes the double life he then begins to lead, shared between his wife and his mistress.
“At the heart of history” is a Europe 1 Studio podcast
Writing and presentation: Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach
Production: Timothée Magot
Director: Oscar Vataire
Distribution and edition: Eloïse Bertil
Graphics: Sidonie Mangin
Bibliography
Emile Zola, Romi, 1985
Jeanne’s novel. In the shadow of Zola, Isabelle de la Motte, Belfond, 2009
Madame Zola, Evelyne Bloch-Dano, The Pocket Book, 2002
Zola assassinated, Jean Bedel, Flammarion, 2002
Family trouble in the history of France, Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach, Editions Jean-Claude Lattès, 2014
The Zolas, Nouvel Obs article by Jérôme Garcin, 2004
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