# The Ladies' Paradise

By Émile Zola.

"The Ladies' Paradise" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1883. Set in the world of the revolutionary department store, it follows Denise Baudu, a young woman from the provinces who begins working at the massive Parisian emporium "Au Bonheur des Dames." As owner Octave Mouret expands his retail empire and crushes traditional shops, he finds himself unexpectedly drawn to Denise, the one woman who resists his charms. The novel explores ambition, commerce, and desire in Second Empire France. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
- Subjects: Paris (France) -- Fiction; Department stores -- Fiction; Women sales personnel -- Fiction; Seduction -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Ladies' Paradise, Book Eleven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/22348) by Émile Zola (18 h 30 min, English)

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