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L'Assommoir

L'Assommoir
Cover of 1877 Charpentier edition of L'Assommoir
AuthorÉmile Zola
LanguageFrench
SeriesLes Rougon-Macquart
GenreNovel
Publication date
1876 (serial); 1877 (book)
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint (serial, hardback & paperback)
Pages480 (paperback)
Preceded byLa joie de vivre 
Followed byL'Œuvre 

L'Assommoir [lasɔmwaʁ], published as a serial in 1876, and in book form in 1877, is the seventh novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel — a study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris — was a huge commercial success and helped establish Zola's fame and reputation throughout France and the world.


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