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Title: Depressing
Review: L'Assommoir came up in a Yahoo reading group, I had previously read Germinal and I decided to give this novel a try. L'Assommoir was quite interesting, and rather depressing. Zola did his homework, in a way that reminds me of Nelson Algren. After reading L'Assomoir, I continued on to Nana. I will read additional Zola novels in the future, I am sure, as I get around to them.
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