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La Joie de vivre

Emile ZolaOriginal title La Joie de vivre (French, 1884)

La joie de vivre is the twelfth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. It was serialized in the periodical Gil Blas in 1883 before being published in book form by Charpentier in February 1884.

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“Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?”

Emile Zola book La Joie de vivre

Source: The Joy of Life

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