Lantier

For instance, painter Claude Lantier is a secondary character in Zola's The Belly of Paris before Claude's somewhat older self becomes the main protagonist in Zola's The Masterpiece -- one of the best books ever written about a "starving artist" starved for recognition.

Dave Astor: The French Connection Between Old Books and Current Events Dave Astor 2011

For instance, painter Claude Lantier is a secondary character in Zola's The Belly of Paris before Claude's somewhat older self becomes the main protagonist in Zola's The Masterpiece -- one of the best books ever written about a "starving artist" starved for recognition.

Dave Astor: The French Connection Between Old Books and Current Events Dave Astor 2011

The main character, Claude Lantier, is a young artist from the provinces, modeled to a great extent on Cézanne.

Pruning the Cost of Luxury on the Riviera Lennox Morrison 2011

Lantier is portrayed as timid with women, prone to sticking his fist through canvases, reputed to be deranged and doomed to professional failure.

Pruning the Cost of Luxury on the Riviera Lennox Morrison 2011

Poor Gervaise was not allowed to move up a class because she was always already damned by genetic weakness and stuck in the slums, her earlier mistake in running away with the feckless Lantier an act with excessive consequences.

Zola and Naturalism « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

Her name was Clarise Lantier, and she was picking up trash behind the lakefront bar her husband operated, stuffing it heavily into a gunnysack.

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

Her name was Clarise Lantier, and she was picking up trash behind the lakefront bar her husband operated, stuffing it heavily into a gunnysack.

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

From that evening Lantier frequently called at the Rue de la Goutte d'Or.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910

In his effusiveness Coupeau suggested that Lantier become a lodger, and overruled all objections.

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The gossip continued and Gervaise had nearly finished when she recognised, a few tubs away, the tall Virginie, her supposed rival in the affections of Lantier, and the sister of Adèle.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910