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L'assommoir (Grands classiques)

By Émile Zola

L'assommoir (Grands classiques)

By Émile Zola

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The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'Assommoir (1877) is the story of a woman's struggle for happiness in working-class Paris. At the center of the story stands Gervaise, who starts her own laundry and for a time makes a success of it. But her husband soon squanders her earnings in the Assommoir, a local drinking spot, and gradually the pair sink into poverty and squalor. L'Assommoir was a contemporary bestseller, outraged conservative critics, and launched a passionate debate about the legitimate scope of modern literature. This new translation captures not only the brutality but the pathos of its characters' lives.
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Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
444
Publication Date:
1996
Publisher:
EDDL
Languages:
Published: English
ISBN10:
2237000689
Weight:
200 g
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