# L'Assommoir

By Émile Zola.

"L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1877. The seventh installment in Zola's Les Rougon-Macquart series, it follows Gervaise Macquart, a washerwoman in working-class Paris, as she struggles to build a life after being abandoned by her lover. What begins with hope and hard-won success gradually unravels through injury, idleness, and addiction. Zola's unflinching portrayal of alcoholism and poverty shocked nineteenth-century readers with its raw realism and authentic street language, sparking both acclaim and controversy. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Domestic fiction; Married women -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- Fiction; Working class women -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [L'Assommoir](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/2847) by Émile Zola (16 h 45 min, English)
- [L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/21442) by Émile Zola (17 h 6 min, English)

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