Widely acknowledged as one of Emile Zola’s masterpieces, ‘L’Assommoir’ is a novel immersed in the harsh poverty and relief-giving alcoholism of working-class Paris in the nineteenth century. At the heart of Zola’s shockingly realistic descriptions is Gervaise, a mother abandoned by her lover who must learn to survive alone on what she can earn. When she marries the abstemious roof-worker Coupeau and manages to open her own laundry, life is for a while successful and happy. Unfortunately, Coupeau is seriously injured shortly after the birth of their daughter Anna, and his plunge into heavy drinking soon proves ruinous for the entire family. A contemporary commercial triumph, Zola’s novel sparked discussion and criticism in both the social and literary realms, establishing the author’s international reputation for a masterful use of the French language that devastatingly depicted the tragedy of realism.
Emile Zola
L’Assommoir (The Drinking Den, or Dram Shop) [EPUB ebook]
L’Assommoir (The Drinking Den, or Dram Shop) [EPUB ebook]
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9781420910094 ● 文件大小 1.1 MB ● 出版者 Neeland Media LLC ● 发布时间 2010 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5343883 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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