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Bibliography: Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Emile

Title
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Author
Zola, Emile
Date
1875
Genre
fiction
Note Source
Journal 12/13/1894
Note Relating to Cather
"[Zola] crouches like Caliban upon his island, and the music of Ariel is to him only a noise which frightens and disturbs.... Of all Mr. Zola's painful novels, there are two that are less painful than the rest, Abbe Mouret's Transgression and The Downfall."