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Kings may usurp thrones, republics may be established, but the town scarcely stirs. Plassan sleeps while Paris fights.
Emile ZolaAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: french
- Born: April 2, 1840
- Died: September 29, 1902
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