L'Assommoir
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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
Cover of 1877 Charpentier edition of L'Assommoir
1879 poster for an American theatre production of L'Assommoir by Augustin Daly
Nana (novel)
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Nana is a novel by the French naturalist author Émile Zola. Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series.
L'Assommoir
…her dream and raise enough money to open her own laundry. The couple's happiness appears to be complete with the birth of a daughter, Anna, nicknamed Nana (the protagonist of Zola's later novel of the same title). However, later in the story, we witness the downward trajectory of Gervaise's life from this…
Édouard Manet, Nana, 1877
Cover page of Emile Zola's novel showing Nana, a conventionally attractive woman in a transparent dress and a red shawl in a theatrical smiling pose
Nana Title Page of the original French Edition