The Assommoir by Émile Zola

The Assommoir

Les Rougon-Macquart #7

Émile Zola with Brian Nelson (Translator)

480 pages first pub 1876 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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'In this life, even if you don't ask for much you still end up with bugger all!' In a run-down quarter of Paris, Gervaise Macquart struggles to earn a living and support her family. She earns a pittance washing other people's dirty clothes in th...

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