L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
"L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1877. The seventh installment in Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart series, it follows Gervaise Macquart, a washerwoman in working-class Paris, as she struggles to build a life after being abandoned by her lover. What begins with hope and hard-won success gradually unravels through injury, idleness, and addiction. Zola's unflinching portrayal of alcoholism and poverty shocked nineteenth-century readers with its raw realism and authentic street language,
sparking both acclaim and controversy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 |
|---|---|
| Title | L'Assommoir |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assommoir |
| Credits | John Bickers, Dagny and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.6 (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. | 8600 |
| Release Date | Apr 27, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Sep 15, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1635 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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