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Amile Zola (1840-1902) is a prominent French writer, journalist, critic, known as the founder and main theorist of naturalistic prose, who sought to scientifically substantiate his literary method, looking for a connection between the natural and social roots of human psychology.

Strictly adhering to his credo «Nulla dies sine linea» («Not a day without a line»), Zola managed to become one of the most popular writers of the last quarter of the XIX century. Zola managed to become one of the most popular writers of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, to establish a separate literary trend, to realise his greatest creative idea - to write a cycle of twenty novels & la Rugon-Macarias (1870-1893), & la République naturelle et sociale de la famille en la Vie de l'Empire. Most of his works have been translated into dozens of languages and filmed. Zola also became famous for his involvement in the Dreyfus case, publishing an article entitled "I Accuse" in the newspaper L'Aurore in early 1898, after which he had to flee to England because of the threat of imprisonment.

«The Trap» – is one of the most important works of Emile Zola, in which the writer fully realises his creative method. The Trap, the most naturalistic novel in the author's oeuvre, was heavily criticised for its frank physiological nature and style, and at the same time brought the writer worldwide fame and recognition.

The work is set in a Parisian suburb of the mid-nineteenth century. On the example of one family, Zola depicts the life and problems of the lower strata of the population of that time in France, shows the influence of the environment on a person, talks about the role of women in society, and ridicules human ignorance. The frankness, uncompromisingness, and even cruelty of the novel make it a brilliant literary artefact whose relevance is still fading to this day.