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The Drinking Den (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Drinking Den (Paperback, New Ed)
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Previously published as L'assommoir (The Dram Shop), Emile Zola's
The Drinking Den is an unflinching study of a desperate young woman
struggling against the ravages of vice. This Penguin Classics
edition is translated from the French with an introduction by Robin
Buss. 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, respectable life
at last. But with her husband's drinking and the unexpected
appearance of a figure from her past, Gervaise's plans begin to
unravel tragically. The Drinking Den caused a sensation when it was
first published, with its gritty depiction of the poverty and
squalor, slums and drinking houses of the Parisian underclass. The
seventh novel in Zola's great Rougon-Macquart cycle, it was the
work that made his reputation. And, in his moving portrayal of
Gervaise's struggle for happiness, Zola created one of the most
sympathetic heroines in nineteenth-century literature. Robin Buss's
translation renders Zola's street argot into clear, contemporary
English. This edition also includes an introduction discussing
Zola's Naturalistic method, with maps of Paris, Zola's preface
responding to his critics, notes, a chronology and further reading.
Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school
of naturalistic fiction. His principal work, Les Rougon-Macquart,
is a panorama of mid-19th century French life, in a cycle of 20
novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years, including Au
Bonheur des Dames (1883), The Beast Within (1890), Nana (1880), and
The Drinking Den (1877). If you enjoyed The Drinking Den, you might
like Zola's The Beast Within, also available in Penguin Classics.
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