Download or read book L'Assommoir (EasyRead Large Edition) written by Émile Zola and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-03-09 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1877, the seventh novel in the Les Rougon-Macquart series by Emile Zola, L'Assommoir is about the suffering of the Parisian working-class. It revolves around the character of Gervaise Macquart, a laundress who yearns to have a happy family. Zola depicts the most dreadful scenes of poverty, hardship, and alcoholism faced by the working poor in Paris.