A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to rot … - Émile Zola

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A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to rot on the ground by himself.

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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The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.

La nature et les circonstances semblaient avoir fait cette femme pour cet homme, et les avoir poussés l'un vers l'autre.

He wept for truth which was dead, for Heaven which was void. Beyond the marble walls and gleaming jewelled altars, the huge plaster Christ had no longer a single drop of blood in its veins.

A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to rot on the ground by himself. - Émile Zola

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