19th-century french novelists

Emile Zola

Creator

French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism

Madame de Stael

Creator

French woman of letters and political theorist, the daughter of banker and French finance minister Jacques Necker

Edmond de Goncourt

Creator

French writer, literary critic, art critic, book publisher and the founder of the Acadmie Goncourt.