The Ladies' Paradise

Zusatztext Nothing gets a crowd going like sex and shopping. Émile Zola was one of the first to describe this new consumerist link... Informationen zum Autor Émile Zola Klappentext Encapsulating in luxurious detail the phenomenon of consumer society - obsessed with image, fashion and instant gratification - Ladies' Delight vividly depicts the workings of a new commercial entity, the department store. The novel centres around the story of Denise, a young shopgirl from the provinces, and Octave Mouret, the dashing young director of a shopping emporium, who find themselves torn between the conflicting forces of love, loyalty and ambition. Set in the heart of the city, Zola's novel - the eleventh in his Rougon-Macquart series - evokes the giddy pace of Paris's transition into a modern city and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place during the second half of the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung Recently adapted for BBC Television, The Ladies' Paradise evokes the giddy pace of Paris's transition into a modern city and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century.

Product details

• Authors: Emile Zola, Émile Zola
• Assisted by: April Fitzlyon (Translation)
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.10.2013
• EAN: 9781847493132
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-313-2
• No. of pages: 453
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Alma Classics; Alma Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Narrative theme: Social issues, French literature; commerce