The ladies' paradise
Zola, Émile, 1840-19022008
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'The Ladies' Paradise' recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late 19th-century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, & of the bourgeois family; it is emblematic of consumer culture & the changes in sexual attitudes & class relations taking place at the end of the century.
Main title:
The ladies' paradise / Émile Zola.
Edition:
[New ed.] / translated with an introduction and notes by Brian Nelson.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Collation:
xxxi, 438 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Notes:
This ed. of this translation originally published: 1995.Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvi-xxvii).Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780199536900 (pbk)0199536902 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
614116
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