IDENTITY
Le Ventre de Paris
Literature
Work Summary
Le Ventre de Paris by Émile Zola is a novel centred on the great Paris food market of Les Halles and the political exile Florent, who returns to a world of abundance after imprisonment and starvation. Zola contrasts overflowing food, commerce and bourgeois prosperity with poverty, political opposition and social exclusion.
Evidence Summary
Across two documented events from 6–7 Jul 1882 to 23 Jul 1882, Van Gogh's engagement with Le Ventre de Paris progresses through reading.
you too have read Le ventre de Paris recently.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Émile Zola
Work
Le Ventre de Paris
Years / Period
6–7 Jul 1882 | 23 Jul 1882
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
you too have read Le ventre de Paris recently.
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
6–7 Jul 1882 — Letter 245
Reading · Reading / enthusiastic response
Van Gogh says, 'I'm now reading Le ventre de Paris' and calls Zola a superb artist.
Response: Direct enthusiastic reaction during reading.
Connection: Part of his emerging naturalist-literature engagement.
23 Jul 1882 — Letter 250
Read / discussed with Theo
you too have read Le ventre de Paris recently.
Response: Van Gogh is pleased Theo has also read it.
Connection: The same passage explicitly compares Zola with Balzac as chroniclers of successive periods.
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