L'Assommoir

by Émile ZOLA (1840 - 1902)

14 - Chapter IV, part one

L'Assommoir

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:
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