| LŽAssommoir Contributor(s): Zola, Emile (Author) |
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ISBN: 3732617661 ISBN-13: 9783732617661 Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh OUR PRICE: $52.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.03 lbs) 358 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |