"Three Cities: Rome" is a novel by the famous French writer Emile Zola. In this book, the author recreates life in big cities through the prism of the main characters, revealing their dreams, hopes and conflicts. In "Three Cities" Zola manages to translate complex social and psychological passages into apt words and actions of the characters. "Rome" is part of a trilogy that shows us the life and problems of metropolises, which are revealed to the reader in all their contradictory beauty and cruelty.