Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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One of the most highly rated novels in The Rougon-Macquart series. It is an excellent portrait of people who live very near the bottom of society, but it is filled with a lot of misery.
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0:00 - Intro
1:08 - plot synopsis
7:17 - the translation
8:30 - a second reading
9:51 - reading a scene