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The Ladies' Paradise

English · Paperback

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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 (1840-1902) is the foremost representative of the Naturalist school, and is best remembered for Thérèse Raquin and his twenty-novel cycle, The Rougon Macquarts. 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.

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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

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