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L'Assommoir
by Zola, Émile
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- Language
- en
About this book
Creators: Émile Zola (1840-1902) "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.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1108