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A man can’t just go home every evening like some roosting hen.
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Émile Zola
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Germinal
(1885)
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Author
Émile Zola
Source
Germinal
Topic
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Date
1885
Language
English
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Translated by Roger Pearson
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"A man can’t just go home every evening like some roosting hen." Émile Zola, Germinal (1885).
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