Audio Sample
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.
-
Running Time: 15 h 45 m
More product details
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 -
Buy Download £29.00Buy Download €27.92 + VATBuy Download $39.00 USDBuy Download £24.17 GBP
IMPORTANT!
Downloading on a mobile device?
Currently, restrictions on the delivery of files to mobile devices mean our download titles must be downloaded to a desktop computer and then transferred to the mobile device.
Download links are also delivered to you via e-mail: see Download Shop – How It Works for more details.
See Download Shop – How It Works
Buy on CD at Downpour.com↗
Due to copyright, this title is not currently available in your region.
