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The Masterpiece (Oxford World's Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Émile Zola, Thomas Walton (Translator), Roger Pearson (Editor), Mile Zola Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-19-953691-0 / 0199536910 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953691-7 / 9780199536917 The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lantier, an ambitious and talented young artist from the provinces who has come to conquer Paris and is conquered by the flaws in his own genius. While his boyhood friend Pierre Sandoz becomes a successful novelist, Claude's originality is mocked at the |