He [Muffat] experienced a sense of pleasure mingled with re… - Émile Zola

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He [Muffat] experienced a sense of pleasure mingled with remorse, the sort of pleasure peculiar to those Catholics whom the fear of hell spurs on to commit sin.

Émile Zola

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Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism.

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Alternative Names: Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola

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