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"The Kill" by Emile Zola

Alice Poon
May 17, 2011
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The story of The Kill is set in Paris during the reign of the Second Empire, a city that was undergoing dramatic transformations highlighted by greed, graft and conspicuous consumption. The background setting is depicted by massive public works which included demolition of broad swaths of old Paris for the construction of spacious boulevards and widespr…

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