The ladies' paradise
by Émile Zola
- 7 Ratings
- 21 Want to read
- 1 Currently reading
- 11 Have read
"Through charm, drive, and diligent effort Octave Mouret has become the director of one of the finest new department stores in Paris, Au Bonheur des Dames. Supremely aware of the power of his position, Mouret seeks to exploit the desire that his luxuriantly displayed merchandise arouses in the ladies who shop, and the aspirations of the young female assistants he employs. Charting the beginnings of the capitalist economy and bourgeois society, Zola captures in lavish detail the greedy customers and gossiping staff, and the obsession with image, fashion, and gratification that was a phenomenon of nineteenth-century French consumer society. Of all Zola's novels, this may be the one with the most relevance for our own time"--The publisher.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English French
Subjects
Department stores, Fiction, French fiction, Literature, Seduction, Translations into Russian, Women sales personnel, Sales personnel, History, Social conditions, Littérature française, Étude et enseignement, Au bonheur des dames (Zola, Émile), Fiction, historical, Paris (france), fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, generalShowing 9 featured editions. View all 55 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Au bonheur des dames : Commentaires du roman
April 18, 2002, Hatier
Mass Market Paperback
2218740702 9782218740701
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Au Bonheur DES Dames
November 12, 1999, Editions Flammarion
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2080710869 9782080710864
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4
Au Bonheur Des Dames (World Classics)
January 1999, Distribooks
Paperback
in French
- New edition
2877142078 9782877142076
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
5
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
6
The Ladies' Paradise
December 10, 1998, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
0192836021 9780192836021
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
7
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
8
Au Bonheur Des Dames
January 1, 1980, Livre de Poche
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2070409309 9782070409303
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
9
|
bbbb
|
Book Details
Published in
Oxford, New York
Edition Notes
This ed. of this translation originally published: 1995.
Translated from the French.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Work Description
Translated into English titled "The Ladies Paradise". BBC did a series on Masterpiece Theater.The novel tells the story of Denise Baudu, a 20-year-old woman who comes to Paris with her younger brothers and begins working as a saleswoman at the department store Au Bonheur des Dames. You read about the inner workings of the store from the employees' perspective, including the 13-hour workdays, and the bare lodgings for the female staff. Many of the conflicts in the novel spring from each employee's struggle for advancement and the malicious infighting and gossip among the staff.Denise's story is played against the career of Octave Mouret, the owner of Au Bonheur des Dames, whose retail innovations and store expansions threaten the existence of all the neighborhood shops. There's also a love story.
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?Lists
See All-
French books
from Preslynn
-
foreign
from mike miota
-
Interesting reads
from Joel Washburn
| May 25, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| October 8, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| September 13, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| September 10, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| October 18, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |