Contains English translations of sixteen short fiction stories by nineteenth-century French author Emile Zola.

Full text. The Attack on the Mill takes place during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, and the whole story takes place in and around Merlier's mill and shows the

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In contrast with the epic scope of the Rougon-Macquart novels, Zola's short stories are concerned with the everyday aspects of human existence and the interests