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The Ladies' Paradise (Oxford World's Classics)
The Ladies' Paradise - Oxford World's Classics
Author: Emile Zola
The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) 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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199536900
ISBN-10: 0199536902
Publication Date: 9/1/2008
Pages: 480
Edition: New Ed. /
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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I was skeptical about the book prior to reading it, but I found that after getting through the introduction of most of the characters (there are so many I made a list to keep track) the story was very intriguing and well written. I recommend this book highly and will be reading more of Zola in the future.


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