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L'Assommoir is M. Zola's _chef d'œuvre_. Against this verdict I have no objection to offer. I believe it will meet with posterity's endorsement. But although
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L'Assommoir may lift its head the highest, there are many other volumes in the Rougon-Macquart series which stand on, and speak from equally lofty platforms of art. In my opinion, these are
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La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret,
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La Conquête de Plassans, and
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La Curée.
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La Curée than elsewhere (
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L'Assommoir and
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La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret