«L'Assommoir» in French with a Parallel Translation

Book L'Assommoir (L'Assommoir) in French
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Original title: 
L'Assommoir
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Language: 
French
Difficulty: 
C1
Year: 
1876
Number of pages: 
360

"L'Assommoir" is a novel by Émile Zola from the Rougon-Maccara series. It was published in 1876. The main character is Gervaise Macquart. She flees from her village to Paris to be with her beloved. The couple settles in one of the seedy areas of the capital. Zola describes the fall of French society at the time in this work.