Zola: top 25 (of 32) novels in decending order of brilliance

The list author says:
	"Franco-Prussian war as it really was (fiction but military events historically accurate)"

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	"Perhaps for the Zola connoisseur but a first person tale of love - banned in it's day"

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	"A woman coping with family and alcohol"

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	"Powerful Story of Prejudice from the lessons of the Dreyfus affair"

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	"Young sex/love & revolution in the poverty of the mines"

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	"Complicity and murder on the trains, very cinematic"

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	"Teenage prostitute gets what she deserves"

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	"Cultivation of rural poor family passions/money, very explicit in places"

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	"First of trilogy - why religion isn't faith, and faith isn't reality"

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	"Power and money - where it leads men's passions"

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	"Young doctor makes some choices"

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	"Money and power - where it leads women's passions"

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	"Apartment block life"

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	"Life: producing and feeding a large family"

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	"Life of an anguished artist"

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	"Girls and money in the first Paris department store"

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	"Priest gets tempted by young girl (don't get the Vizetelly translation)"

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	"Who rules at home: women, man or priest?"

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	"A plot to kill the husband"

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	"The priest (from Lourdes) finds a new way"

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	"The priest (from Lourdes & Rome) gets a new life"

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	"She dreams a new life"

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	"Trying to enjoy life despite everything"

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	"A brother fights his siblin's case"

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	"Labours and where it gets you"