L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
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
Genre(s): Family Life, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
Language: English
Keyword(s): dark (7), grim (4), realistic (2), pessimistic (1), gritty (1)
Group: The Rougon-Macquart Cycle