L'Assommoir

Name: L'Assommoir
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Emile Zola
ISBN: 9781802561050

Author: Emile Zola

Narrator: Eloise Fairfax

Unabridged: 14 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 10/17/2024

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Step into the gritty streets of Paris with "L'Assommoir" by Emile Zola, a poignant narrative of struggle and shattered dreams. Gervaise Macquart, a determined laundress, aspires for a better life but faces the harsh realities of poverty, alcoholism, and societal decay. As she navigates love, betrayal, and hardship, her hope gradually succumbs to despair. Zola's unflinching depiction of working-class life evokes powerful emotions, capturing the relentless grip of circumstance and the resilience of the human spirit.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on May 06, 2025

Zola writes some of my favourite gritty soap opera novels. They are depressing in theme, but also fast-paced and easy to read, so I feel a bit like I'm reading a trashy pageturner with a fancy Penguin Classics cover. This one is about the evils of alcohol abuse, but specifically for the poor in the s......more

Goodreads review by MJ on October 16, 2011

Whenever I think I had a rough upbringing I read a book like this and realise I am a fluffed little pillow of good fortune. I was raised in a council tenement in a backwater semi-village in Central Scotland amid a backdrop of Protestant activism and spinster gossiping. But compared to Zola’s Paris i......more