L'assommoir by Émile Zola

409 pages first pub 1876 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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At the centre of the novel stands Gervaise, who starts her own laundry and for a time makes a success of it. But her husband Coupeau squanders her earnings in the Assommoir, the local drinking shop, and gradually the pair sink into poverty and squ...

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