L'Assommoir (Everyman Paperback Classics)
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L'Assommoir (Everyman Paperback Classics) by Emile Zola is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The record for this copy lists Tuttle Pub • 437 pages.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780460875769
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