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When Pauline Quenu is taken to the seaside to live with her relatives, her love of life contrasts with the pessimism which infects the family. This is the twelfth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, remarkable for it's depictions of intense emotions and physical and mental suffering.

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This excellent edition offers a finely judged and authoritative translation of one of Zola's more peculiar novels. * Richard Niland, Translation and Literature *

The Bright Side of Life

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A Paperback / softback by Émile Zola, Andrew Rothwell

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    Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Publication Date: 26/07/2018
    ISBN13: 9780198753612, 978-0198753612
    ISBN10: 0198753616
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    When Pauline Quenu is taken to the seaside to live with her relatives, her love of life contrasts with the pessimism which infects the family. This is the twelfth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, remarkable for it's depictions of intense emotions and physical and mental suffering.

    Trade Review
    This excellent edition offers a finely judged and authoritative translation of one of Zola's more peculiar novels. * Richard Niland, Translation and Literature *

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