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This book contains two novels translated by Mr. Ma Zhencheng: "Little Hotel" and "A Leaf of Love". The author Zola was one of the most important writers in France in the 19th century, a representative figure of naturalistic literature, and an important role in the French liberal political movement. Zola was notorious as an "immoral" writer because "The Little Hotel" nakedly exposed the poverty and misfortune in capitalist society. In order to show his many talents, he wrote "Leaf of Love". This story with delicate writing style is very different from his other works.

"Nana" The girl Nana was spotted by the entertainment theater manager, and her starring role in "Venus Blonde" was a success. Men from the upper class of Paris fell in love with her. The rise and fall of Nana's life became a portrayal of the corrupt and degenerate society of the Second Empire. In "The Little Hotel", the laundress Qiervise gave birth to two sons to the shoemaker Lantier when she was a minor. He was later abandoned and married to Coupeau, a house builder. After Coupeau suffered a work injury, he went in and out of the small hotel all day long. Soon, Kirvis began to drink too much and fell into depression. In the end, Coupeau died of a stroke in the lunatic asylum after drinking, and Kirvis also died in the black hole at the bottom of the stairs. "Thérèse Lacan" is a novel by Zola. It describes a woman, Thérèse, who meets and has a passionate collision with a young man, Laurent, after marrying her aunt's son, Camille. In order to escape the horrific hallucinations after the murder, the man and woman finally chose to commit suicide by taking poison. "Battle at the Mill" is a collection of Zola's short stories and short stories. It exposes the political darkness, religious hypocrisy, and bourgeois ugliness during the Second French Empire and the Third Republic. It sympathizes with the suffering of the poor, praises the greatness of workers, contrasts the loss of honor concepts of the ruling class and the heroism of ordinary people, and depicts the lives of small citizens and the activities of artists. The subject matter and content are quite extensive and rich.