The book "The Landfill" is a masterpiece of the French writer Emile Zola. This realistic novel tells the story of Gervase Lantier, who works in rags on the outskirts of Paris. Lantier's life turns out to be full of hardships, poverty, alcoholism and the destruction of the family. The author explores the problem of social injustice in detail and reflects the fall of the main character under the pressure of circumstances. "Dumping dump" is a powerful criticism of XIX century society, a frank truth about the lives of small people and the unpredictability of human fate.