L'Assommoir by Émile Zola

426 pages first pub 1876 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts the marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on the path to a decent, respectab...

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