The Ladies' Paradise (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Zola, Émile; Nelson, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199536902 ISBN 13: 9780199536900

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames), now a TV series called The Paradise based on this classic novel, recounts the rise 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 changes in consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. This new translation of the eleventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle captures the spirit of one of Zola's greatest works.

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About this title

About the Author:

Brian Nelson is Professor of French at Monash University, Australia

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199536902
• ISBN 13: 9780199536900
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480