Emile Zola
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The Fat and the Thin by Emile Zola
The Fat and the Thin is set at the abundant food markets of Paris, where its protagonist, Lisa Quenu, has…
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The Miller’s Daughter by Emile Zola
Chapter I. The Betrothal Pere Merlier’s mill, one beautiful summer evening, was arranged for a grand fete. In the courtyard…
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The Flood by Emile Zola
The FloodSaint Felicity, colour engraving, date unknownI. My name is Louis Roubien. I am seventy years old. I was born…
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The Fete At Coqueville by Emile Zola
I Coqueville is a little village planted in a cleft in the rocks, two leagues from Grandport. A fine sandy…
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Jean Gourdon’s Four Days by Emile Zola
SPRING On that particular day, at about five o’clock in the morning, the sun entered with delightful abruptness into the…
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Death of Olivier Becaille by Emile Zola
CHAPTER I – MY PASSING It was on a Saturday, at six in the morning, that I died after a…
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Captain Burle by Emile Zola
CHAPTER I – THE SWINDLE It was nine o’clock. The little town of Vauchamp, dark and silent, had just retired…
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