Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assommoir

Release date is 2005-07-01

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"L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1877. The seventh installment in Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart series follows Gervaise Macquart, a washerwoman abandoned in Paris who struggles to build a life in the working-class districts. After marrying a roofer and opening her own laundry, Gervaise experiences fleeting success before circumstances spiral downward. Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Paris, this groundbreaking work explores alcoholism and poverty with unflinching realism, using authentic street language that shocked and captivated readers worldwide. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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