"The Market Against the Mill" is a masterpiece novel by Emile Zola, a French writer of the 19th century, which tells the story of the brutal relationship between factory owners and poor workers, who together reveal high levels of social inequality and injustice. The work impresses with its wit and topicality of the problem of the confrontation between workers and capitalists, as well as the psychological depth of the characters. "The Market Against the Mill" is a striking and insightful reflection of the social problems of its time, which remains relevant even today.