Quotes from book
La Joie de vivre
Emile Zola
Original title
La Joie de vivre
(French, 1884)
La joie de vivre is the twelfth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. It was serialized in the periodical Gil Blas in 1883 before being published in book form by Charpentier in February 1884.