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Les Rougon-Macquart #11 The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the rise of the modern department store in late nineteenth-century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family: it is emblematic of changes in consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Octave Mouret, the store's owner-manager, masterfully exploits the desires of his female customers. In his private life as much as in business he is the great seducer. But when he falls in love with the innocent Denise Baudu, he discovers she is the only one of the salesgirls who refuses to be commodified. This translation (by Brian Nelson) of the eleventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle captures the spirit of one of Zola's greatest works.

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Author

Zola, Émile

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1883

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199536900

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.97 / 5 (201 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14