| L'Assommoir: or, The Drinking Den / The Dram Shop Contributor(s): Zola, Emile (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1546310681 ISBN-13: 9781546310686 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.37" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.96 lbs) 616 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Full text. 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. |