Historical FictionClassic Love Stories

L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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  • 1876 first published
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Published in 1876, L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle is a historical fiction and classic romance novel by Émile Zola.

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About L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

Gervaise Macquart runs away to Paris with Lantier, to work as a washerwoman. Lantier abandons her and their two sons. She then marries the roofer Coupeau, and has a daughter, nicknamed Nana. She opens her own laundry; then everything goes downhill, as both Gervaise and Coupeau succumb to alcoholism. - Summary by Mark Leder
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L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle was written by Émile Zola and first published in 1876.

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It is usually shelved as Historical Fiction and Classic Love Stories.

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