Drunkard Author:Emile Zola, Arthur Symons (Translator) Drunkard is one of the most outstanding of Zola's great series of novels showing the life of successive generations of a French family. — Set in the atmosphere of the Parisian slums it is a dramatic story of the interaction between degrading environment and flaws of character. — Its hero and heroine with all their human weaknesses can stand compar... more »ison with any of the masterpieces of character portrayal in the world's literature.« less