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Title: Great story--Archaic translation
Review: This translation is not new; it's a copy of an early 20th century translation that is archaic and not a translation at all so much as a transliteration. Just "Look Inside" at the first page of text: the awkward syntax and poor grammar that only a crude translation could render. Zola was the ultimate stylist and if you think this poor version is what he intended, you don't know French lit very well. This publisher is not what it purports to be.
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