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Emile Zola
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Walker Caplan
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How Vincent van Gogh’s Favorite Works of French Literature Influenced His Art and Identity
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Steven Naifeh
| November 2, 2021
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By
Walker Caplan
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Anka Muhlstein
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"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"