L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 13, 2025

In Category - Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Family Life, Sagas

Authors: Émile Zola In Year : 1876

Book Language: English

Audiobook: L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

Chapter One, Part One
Chapter One, Part Two
Chapter One, Part Three
Chapter Two, Part One
Chapter Two, Part Two
Chapter Two, Part Three
Chapter Three, Part One
Chapter Three, Part Two
Chapter Three, Part Three
Chapter Four, Part One
Chapter Four, Part Two
Chapter Four, Part Three
Chapter Five, Part One
Chapter Five, Part Two
Chapter Five, Part Three
Chapter Six, Part One
Chapter Six, Part Two
Chapter Six, Part Three
Chapter Seven, Part One
Chapter Seven, Part Two
Chapter Seven, Part Three
Chapter Seven, Part Four
Chapter Eight, Part One
Chapter Eight, Part Two
Chapter Eight, Part Three
Chapter Eight, Part Four
Chapter Nine, Part One
Chapter Nine, Part Two
Chapter Nine, Part Three
Chapter Nine, Part Four
Chapter Ten, Part One
Chapter Ten, Part Two
Chapter Eleven, Part One
Chapter Ten, Part Three
Chapter Eleven, Part Two
Chapter Eleven, Part Three
Chapter Twelve, Part One
Chapater Twelve, Part Two
Chapter Twelve, Part Three
Chapter Thirteen, Part One
Chapter Thirteen, Part Two

Gervaise Macquart runs away to Paris with Lantier, to work as a washerwoman. Lantier abandons her and their two sons. She then marries the roofer Coupeau, and has a daughter, nicknamed Nana. She opens her own laundry; then everything goes downhill, as both Gervaise and Coupeau succumb to alcoholism. - Summary by Mark Leder