The Drinking Den
$24.30
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
16 September 2005
Summary
One of the great works of 19th century Realism, and one of Zola’s best-known novels.
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 by contemporary theories of heredity and experimental science, and the behaviour of the tw…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449549 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014044954X |
| Author: | Robin Buss, Émile Zola |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2005 |
| Weight: | 326g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Robin Buss
Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. His principal work, Les Rougon-Macquart, is a panorama of mid-19th century French life, in a cycle of 20 novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years.
Robin Buss is a translator and journalist. He has translated a number of works for Penguin Classics, including works by Dumas and Sartre.
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