The Ladies' Paradise
Annotated Edition
Seiten
2013
Alma Classics (Verlag)
978-1-84749-313-2 (ISBN)
Alma Classics (Verlag)
978-1-84749-313-2 (ISBN)
Recently adapted for BBC Television, The Ladies' Paradise evokes the giddy pace of Paris's transition into a modern city and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century.
Encapsulating in luxurious detail the phenomenon of consumer society - obsessed with image, fashion and instant gratification - Ladies’ Delight vividly depicts the workings of a new commercial entity, the department store. The novel centres around the story of Denise, a young shopgirl from the provinces, and Octave Mouret, the dashing young director of a shopping emporium, who find themselves torn between the conflicting forces of love, loyalty and ambition. Set in the heart of the city, Zola’s novel – the eleventh in his Rougon-Macquart series – evokes the giddy pace of Paris’s transition into a modern city and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Encapsulating in luxurious detail the phenomenon of consumer society - obsessed with image, fashion and instant gratification - Ladies’ Delight vividly depicts the workings of a new commercial entity, the department store. The novel centres around the story of Denise, a young shopgirl from the provinces, and Octave Mouret, the dashing young director of a shopping emporium, who find themselves torn between the conflicting forces of love, loyalty and ambition. Set in the heart of the city, Zola’s novel – the eleventh in his Rougon-Macquart series – evokes the giddy pace of Paris’s transition into a modern city and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Émile Zola (1840-1902) is the foremost representative of the Naturalist school, and is best remembered for Thérèse Raquin and his twenty-novel cycle, The Rougon Macquarts.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.10.2013 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | April Fitzlyon |
| Verlagsort | Richmond |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 126 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 460 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84749-313-0 / 1847493130 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84749-313-2 / 9781847493132 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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