Project Gutenberg 2004-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 371 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile L'Assommoir Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assommoir https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assommoir Produced by Carlo Traverso, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Images courtesy of http://gallica.bnf.fr "L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola is a novel written during the late 19th century, known for its vivid exploration of working-class life in Paris. The story centers around Gervaise, a washerwoman, who grapples with love, abandonment, and the harsh realities of poverty amidst the struggles of family life and societal expectations. The opening portion of the novel introduces Gervaise, who anxiously awaits the return of her partner, Lantier, while battling her fears and despair regarding their unstable life together. The scene paints a picture of their rundown living conditions within a dilapidated hotel room filled with signs of poverty. Gervaise, emotionally strained and heartbroken, reflects on her difficult circumstances and the emotional toll of Lantier's neglect. As she anxiously waits for him, we learn about her two young children and her desperate hopes for a better future. This prelude to the main narrative sets the stage for exploring themes of familial decay, aspirations, and the societal critique that Zola intricately weaves throughout his work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Domestic fiction Married women -- Fiction Paris (France) -- Fiction Working class women -- Fiction Working class -- France -- Paris -- Fiction Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Novels Category: French Literature 1074212 2025-10-03T07:54:34.640383 text/html 1074034 2025-01-09T23:23:29.927371 text/html 459802 2025-10-03T07:54:44.521353 application/epub+zip 478811 2025-10-03T07:54:36.702425 application/epub+zip 478812 2025-10-03T07:54:35.478376 application/epub+zip 795248 2025-10-03T07:54:50.893342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 757030 2025-10-03T07:54:43.757406 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 725979 2022-09-03T12:12:20.432178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1018459 2025-10-03T07:54:34.054390 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1013399 2020-12-29T17:45:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 989930 2020-12-29T17:45:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20915 2025-10-03T07:54:51.023396 application/rdf+xml 11117 2025-10-03T07:54:35.957415 image/jpeg 3125 2025-10-03T07:54:35.717387 image/jpeg 376559 2020-12-29T17:45:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 373237 2020-12-29T17:45:05 application/octet-stream application/zip 454823 2025-10-03T07:54:34.726398 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia