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I am now officially a Zola fan.
I finished my first Emile Zola book while I was in Paris, and it went straight to my list of Favorite Books Ever and Must-Reads. L'Assommoir is the story of a poor washerwoman, Gervaise, and her decline into deeper and deeper poverty and decadence and despair. It's a brilliant portrait of a woman's life during the mid-to-late 1800's.
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18 primary booksLes Rougon-Macquart is a 18-book series with 18 primary works first released in 189 with contributions by Émile Zola, Brian Nelson, and 5 others.