Project Gutenberg 2004-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 228 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile Le Ventre de Paris Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Ventre_de_Paris Produced by Philippe Chavin, Carlo Traverso, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Image files courtesy of gallica.bnf.fr "Le Ventre de Paris" by Émile Zola is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into the life and struggles of various characters in the bustling Les Halles market of Paris during the Second Empire, focusing particularly on a man named Florent who is returning to the city after years of exile. The opening of the novel introduces the early morning setting of bustling market activities as vendors transport their vegetables into Paris. Among these characters is Madame François, a robust vegetable vendor, who discovers a man named Florent, lying in the middle of the road. As she helps him into her cart, we learn about Florent's weariness and hints at his troubled past, including his escape from Cayenne. Through Madame François's interactions and the lively description of the market scene, Zola sets the stage for Florent's re-entry into a vibrant yet harsh Paris, where he faces both physical and emotional challenges against the rich backdrop of the city’s culinary abundance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Historical fiction Paris (France) -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 763872 2025-08-03T07:53:40.773862 text/html 763693 2025-01-09T23:15:39.548264 text/html 347251 2025-08-03T07:53:48.761836 application/epub+zip 359121 2025-08-03T07:53:42.756833 application/epub+zip 359122 2025-08-03T07:53:41.566847 application/epub+zip 602914 2025-08-03T07:53:53.562767 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 575152 2025-08-03T07:53:48.044795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552979 2022-09-03T12:02:11.535295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 722877 2025-08-03T07:53:40.205830 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 706247 2014-09-16T16:37:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17911 2025-08-03T07:53:53.684762 application/rdf+xml 11906 2025-08-03T07:53:42.085827 image/jpeg 3149 2025-08-03T07:53:41.837814 image/jpeg 267015 2014-09-16T16:37:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 342522 2025-08-03T07:53:40.835861 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia