L'Assommoir

About this film

LibriVox recording of L'Assommoir, by Émile Zola, translated by Ernest A. Vizetelly. Émile François Zola (French pronunciation: [emil zɔˈla]) (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism. More than half of Zola's novels were part of a set of twenty novels about a family under the Second Empire collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart. L'Assommoir (1877) is the seventh novel in the series. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel — a harsh and uncompromising study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris — was a huge commercial success and established Zola's fame and reputation throughout France and the world. (Summary edited from Wikipedia.) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats or languages (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B 00-19 (142MB) Download M4B 20-40 (148MB) Download M4B 41-60 (151MB)

Directors & creators

Émile Zola

Subjects

Librivox; audiobook; literature; banned books; Zola; Les Rougon-Macquart

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