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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' translation renders Zola's street argot into clear, contemporary English. This edition a

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Author

Emile Zola

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140449549

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

4.06 / 5 (140 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14