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Au Bonheur des Dames

Au Bonheur des Dames
Emile Zola Original title Au Bonheur des Dames (French, 1883)

Au Bonheur des Dames is the eleventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. It was first serialized in the periodical Gil Blas and published in novel form by Charpentier in 1883.


Emile Zola quote: “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
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“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

Source: The Ladies' Paradise

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