L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

by Émile Zola

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41 chapters17h 5mEnglish1876

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Gervaise Macquart runs away to Paris with Lantier, to work as a washerwoman. Lantier abandons her and their two sons. She then marries the roofer Coupeau, and has a daughter, nicknamed Nana. She opens her own laundry; then everything goes downhill, as both Gervaise and Coupeau succumb to alcoholism. - Summary by Mark Leder

Chapters (41)

1Chapter One, Part One

1483

2Chapter One, Part Two

1017

3Chapter One, Part Three

1926

4Chapter Two, Part One

1493

5Chapter Two, Part Two

1010

6Chapter Two, Part Three

1823

7Chapter Three, Part One

1625

8Chapter Three, Part Two

1555

9Chapter Three, Part Three

1753

10Chapter Four, Part One

1566

11Chapter Four, Part Two

1464

12Chapter Four, Part Three

1524

13Chapter Five, Part One

1728

14Chapter Five, Part Two

1320

15Chapter Five, Part Three

1884

16Chapter Six, Part One

1536

17Chapter Six, Part Two

1329

18Chapter Six, Part Three

1648

19Chapter Seven, Part One

1550

20Chapter Seven, Part Two

1425

21Chapter Seven, Part Three

1286

22Chapter Seven, Part Four

1374

23Chapter Eight, Part One

1405

24Chapter Eight, Part Two

1036

25Chapter Eight, Part Three

991

26Chapter Eight, Part Four

1741

27Chapter Nine, Part One

1524

28Chapter Nine, Part Two

1173

29Chapter Nine, Part Three

1000

30Chapter Nine, Part Four

1698

31Chapter Ten, Part One

1523

32Chapter Ten, Part Two

1072

33Chapter Eleven, Part One

2529

34Chapter Ten, Part Three

1483

35Chapter Eleven, Part Two

1903

36Chapter Eleven, Part Three

1792

37Chapter Twelve, Part One

1590

38Chapater Twelve, Part Two

1451

39Chapter Twelve, Part Three

1891

40Chapter Thirteen, Part One

1547

41Chapter Thirteen, Part Two

865

L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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Chapters (41)

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