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Émile Zola
L’Assommoir
Read by Leighton Pugh
unabridged
Brutal, gripping and heart-wrenching, L’Assommoir (also known as The Drinking Den) chronicles the tragic downward spiral of Gervaise Macquart, a good-natured and hardworking laundress who slides into alcoholism and despair. After her lover abandons her and their two children, Gervaise marries a tin worker, Coupeau, who helps her rebuild her life. She starts her own business and the two have a daughter, Anna (the protagonist of Zola’s later novel, Nana). But their happiness is short-lived as a freak accident leaves Coupeau seriously injured, beginning the family’s fall into alcohol, desperation and violence. Disturbingly realistic, L’Assommoir is a vivid portrayal of life in late 19th-century Paris.
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Running Time: 15 h 45 m
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Digital ISBN: 978-1-78198-226-6 Cat. no.: NA0352 Download size: 362 MB Produced by: Red Apple Creative Edited by: Red Apple Creative, London BISAC: FIC004000 BIC: FC Released: June 2019 -
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