L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
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"L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1877. The seventh installment in Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart series follows Gervaise Macquart, a washerwoman abandoned in Paris who struggles to build a life in the working-class districts. After marrying a roofer and opening her own laundry, Gervaise experiences fleeting success before circumstances spiral downward. Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Paris, this groundbreaking work explores alcoholism and poverty with unflinching realism, using authentic
street language that shocked and captivated readers worldwide. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 |
|---|---|
| Title | L'Assommoir |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assommoir |
| Credits | Cam Venezuela, Earle Beach, Eric Eldred, and the Distributed Online Proofing Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Married women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Paris (France) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Working class women -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 8558 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jul 5, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 616 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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