He experienced keen pleasure mingled with remorse, the kind of pleasure known only to Catholics who, in the midst of sin, are goaded by the fear of h… - Émile Zola

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He experienced keen pleasure mingled with remorse, the kind of pleasure known only to Catholics who, in the midst of sin, are goaded by the fear of hell.

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About Émile Zola

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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İlle de bir sınıfın öbürünü yenmesi gerekiyorsa, çok daha yeni ve canlı bir sınıf olan emekçi halkın zevke eğlenceye dalıp çürümüş olan kentsoylu sınıfı yenmesi daha akla yatkın değil miydi? Belki kan dökülecek, ama sonunda yepyeni bir toplum ortaya çıkacaktı. Yaşlanmış ulusları canlandıracak bu barbarca saldırıyı işteyişte aslında pek yakında patlak verecek gerçek devrime, emekçi halkın devrimine duyulan şaşmaz inanç gizliydi; bu devrim şu anda gökyüzünü kana boyayan güneş gibi yüzyılın son günlerinde bütün dünyayı tutuşturacaktı.

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.

It was the usual story of penniless young men, who think themselves obliged by their birth to choose a liberal profession and bury themselves in a sort of vain mediocrity, happy even when they escape starvation, notwithstanding their numerous degrees.

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