The assommoir
Zola, Émile, 1840-19022021
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In a run-down quarter of Paris, Gervaise Macquart struggles to earn a living and support her family. She earns a pittance washing other people's dirty clothes in the local wash-house, and dreams of having her own laundry. But in order to start her business she must incur debt, and her feckless husband cannot resist the lure of the Assommoir, the local bar that supplies all the working men with cheap spirits and absinthe. As her money troubles grow, so Gervaise's life begins to spiral out of control, and she is trapped in a vicious web of want and neglect.
Main title:
The assommoir / Émile Zola ; translated by Brian Nelson.
Author:
Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, authorNelson, Brian, 1946-, translator
Edition:
Second edition.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Collation:
448 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the French.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780198828563 (pbk. :)
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
283886
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