L'Assommoir
by Émile ZOLA (1840 - 1902)
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)
Listen next episodes of
L'Assommoir:
09 - Chapter III, part one ,
10 - Chapter III, part two ,
11 - Chapter III, part three ,
12 - Chapter III, part four ,
13 - Chapter III, part five ,
14 - Chapter IV, part one ,
15 - Chapter IV, part two ,
16 - Chapter IV, part three ,
17 - Chapter IV, part four ,
18 - Chapter IV, part five ,
19 - Chapter V, part one ,
20 - Chapter V, part two ,
21 - Chapter V, part three ,
22 - Chapter V, part four ,
23 - Chapter V, part five ,
24 - Chapter VI, part one ,
25 - Chapter VI, part two ,
26 - Chapter VI, part three ,
27 - Chapter VI, part four ,
28 - Chapter VI, part five ,
29 - Chapter VII, part one ,
30 - Chapter VII, part two ,
31 - Chapter VII, part three ,
32 - Chapter VII, part four ,
33 - Chapter VII, part five ,
34 - Chapter VIII, part one ,
35 - Chapter VIII, part two ,
36 - Chapter VIII, part three ,
37 - Chapter VIII, part four ,
38 - Chapter VIII, part five ,
39 - Chapter IX, part one ,
40 - Chapter IX, part two ,
41 - Chapter IX, part three ,
42 - Chapter IX, part four ,
43 - Chapter IX, part five ,
44 - Chapter X, part one ,
45 - Chapter X, part two ,
46 - Chapter X, part three ,
47 - Chapter X, part four ,
48 - Chapter X, part five ,
49 - Chapter XI, part one ,
50 - Chapter XI, part two ,
51 - Chapter XI, part three ,
52 - Chapter XI, part four ,
53 - Chapter XI, part five ,
54 - Chapter XII, part one ,
55 - Chapter XII, part two ,
56 - Chapter XII, part three ,
57 - Chapter XII, part four ,
58 - Chapter XII, part five ,
59 - Chapter XIII, part one ,
60 - Chapter XIII, part two