by Émile Zola · Editions Flammarion · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070411436
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«L'Assommoir» is the novel by Émile Zola, published by Editions Flammarion in paperback (561 pages, in French).
Gervaise Macquart, abandoned by her lover, settles in the Parisian district of the Goutte d'Or and finds work as a laundress. Her effort and honesty allow her to marry Coupeau and reach a period of stability, but alcohol and the misery of the working-class environment eventually drag her into decline.
Seventh novel in the Les Rougon-Macquart cycle, originally published in 1877. This edition, edited by Henri Mitterand, includes the preface by Jean-Louis Bory.
For readers of realist fiction and French naturalism, as well as for those approaching Zola in a school or academic setting.
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse...! Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prizes in Literature in 1901 and 1902.
