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i'm about 160 pages into the next book of the Rougon-Macquart series (the blandly titled and sonorously paced His Excellency Eugene Rougon). it's kind of trying my patience and i keep thinking about the previous book, which i thought was so mind-blowing by comparison. the critics often comment on Zola's inconsistency and i agree (though many say ( Read more... )

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