THE SALE OF EMILE ZOLA'S WORKS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 46, 18 November 1893, Page 409

THE SALE OF EMILE ZOLA'S WORKS.

M. Emile Zola's work, * Le Docteur Pascal,’ has just been published in book form, 55.000 copies having been printed. Of his various books the ‘Debacle’ lias had the largest sale, 176,000 copies having been disposed of. ‘Nana’ has reached a sale of 166,000. ‘ L’Assommoir,’ 127,000 ; ‘La Terre,’ 1(10,000; the ‘Bove,’ 88.000; • Bete llumaine, 88,000, ’Germinal,’ 88 000: ‘ I.’Argent,’ 83 000; ‘ Pottlouille,’B2,ooo ; and • line Paged’Amour,'Bo 000. The two works of the Rougon Macquart series which have been the least popular are the ‘ Complete de I’lnssans,' of which only 25,000 have been printed, and ‘ La Fortune des Rougon ' (the first of the series) which has only reached 26,000. The total number of books of the Rougon Macquart series which have been sold is 1,488,000, not including editions de la.rr. Each of the volumes of the series is composed of about 500 pages of fmty lines, so that M. Zola has written the history of the Rougon family in 400,000 lines.