Émile Zola: For a moment he thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild, satiated app

For a moment he thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macqu — Émile Zola

For a moment he thought he could see, in a flash, the future of the Rougon-Macquart family, a pack of wild, satiated appetites in the midst of a blaze of gold and blood.

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