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The Drinking Den by Emile Zola
24.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Set in the taverns of Paris, this is perhaps the first classical tragedy of working-class people living in the slums of a city. The Drinking Den(1877) is part of the Rougon-Macquart series, a naturalistic history of two branches of a family traced through several generations. Zola's work was influenced ...Show more
The Ladies' Paradise by Emile Zola
35.00 NZD
Category: Classic | Series: Oxford World's Classics
The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family; it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes ...Show more
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