Volume 7 of 20 · Les Rougon-Macquart

L'Assommoir

Name: L'Assommoir
Author: Émile Zola

First published 1876

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Pages: about 2.5 h
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L'Assommoir, 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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