TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zola,Émile
AU  - Vizetelly,Ernest Alfred
TI  - His Masterpiece
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Autobiographical fiction
KW  - Impressionist artists -- France -- Paris -- Fiction
KW  - Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- Fiction
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C5%92uvre; Release date is 2005-05-25; Dagny and David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "His Masterpiece" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1886. It follows Claude Lantier, a revolutionary painter struggling to create his ultimate work in mid-nineteenth-century Paris. Against the backdrop of the emerging Impressionist movement, Claude battles public ridicule, artistic obsession, and his own genius. As he paints and repaints an ever-evolving canvas, his friendships crumble and his mental state deteriorates. His wife Christine watches helplessly as the pursuit of artistic perfection consumes him entirely, blurring the line between creative vision and madness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15900
ER  -