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Emile Zola
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L'Assommoir (World Classics) (French Edition) |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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French (Belgium) |
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Paperback |
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| Date: |
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1999-01 |
| ISBN: |
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2877141276 |
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Bookking International |
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0.49 pounds |
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4.35 x 6.99 x 1.04 inches |
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1 F&E (España) |
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1 Flo Bloom (Spain) |
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Product 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. This new translation captures not only the brutality but the pathos of its characters' lives.
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