01656cam a22003493u 4500 8600 UtSlPG 20260610133224.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 L'Assommoir Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assommoir Release date is 2006-04-27 John Bickers, Dagny and David Widger "L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1877. The seventh installment in Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart series, it follows Gervaise Macquart, a washerwoman in working-class Paris, as she struggles to build a life after being abandoned by her lover. What begins with hope and hard-won success gradually unravels through injury, idleness, and addiction. Zola's unflinching portrayal of alcoholism and poverty shocked nineteenth-century readers with its raw realism and authentic street language, sparking both acclaim and controversy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Domestic fiction Married women -- Fiction Paris (France) -- Fiction Working class women -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8600 50582 50582