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  • Published: 4 December 2001
  • ISBN: 9780141911922
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464
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Au Bonheur des Dames (The Ladies' Delight)




The original 'sex and shopping' novel

Au Bonheur des Dames is the glittering Paris department store run by Octave Mouret. He has used charm and drive to become director of this mighty emporium, unscrupulously exploiting his young female staff and seducing his lady customers with luxurious displays of shimmering silks, satins, velvets and lace. Then Denise Baudu, a naïve provincial girl, becomes an assistant at the store, and Mouret discovers that he in turn can be charmed.

With its vivid portrayal of greedy customers and gossiping staff, its lavish descriptions and sense of theatre, Au Bonheur des Dames is a rich and exciting novel. The eleventh in Zola's great cycle Les Rougon-Macquart, it is a timeless commentary on modern consumer society.

  • Published: 4 December 2001
  • ISBN: 9780141911922
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 464
Categories:

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About the author

Emile Zola

Émile 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.

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