Emile Zola: L'Assommoir-Original Edition (Annotated)

L'Assommoir is the seventh novel in Émile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. Usually considered one of Zola's masterpieces, the novel--a study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris--was a huge commercial success and helped establish Zola's fame and reputation throughout France and the world.