LAssommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola ~ Full Audiobook [tragedy]

LAssommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook.

Genre: tragedy

In L'Assommoir, Emile Zola turns to the working-class streets of mid-19th-century Paris to follow Gervaise Macquart, a laundress determined to build a decent life through steady work, cleanliness, and a stubborn faith in ordinary happiness. Abandoned by a lover and left with little more than her hands and her children, Gervaise tries to carve out security in a neighborhood where wages are uncertain, debts multiply, and temptation waits on every corner. When she finds companionship and marriage with the roofer Coupeau, hope briefly seems possible: a home, a trade, maybe even a small business of her own. But Zola's Paris is not gentle. An accident, shifting fortunes, and the pull of drink begin to erode hard-won stability, drawing family, friends, and neighbors into a widening web of need, pride, and shame. As the pressures of poverty and addiction tighten, Gervaise must fight to keep her dignity, her livelihood, and her loved ones from slipping away. Unsparing yet deeply human, this Rougon-Macquart novel explores ambition, labor, social class, and the devastating cost of escape.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:24:43) Chapter 02

(00:41:40) Chapter 03

(01:13:46) Chapter 04

(01:38:39) Chapter 05

(01:55:29) Chapter 06

(02:25:52) Chapter 07

(02:52:57) Chapter 08

(03:18:52) Chapter 09

(03:48:05) Chapter 10

(04:14:11) Chapter 11

(04:38:35) Chapter 12

(05:03:59) Chapter 13

(05:32:47) Chapter 14

(05:54:47) Chapter 15

(06:26:11) Chapter 16

(06:51:47) Chapter 17

(07:13:56) Chapter 18

(07:41:24) Chapter 19

(08:07:14) Chapter 20

(08:30:59) Chapter 21

(08:52:25) Chapter 22

(09:15:19) Chapter 23

(09:38:44) Chapter 24

(09:56:00) Chapter 25

(10:12:31) Chapter 26

(10:41:32) Chapter 27

(11:06:56) Chapter 28

(11:26:29) Chapter 29

(11:43:09) Chapter 30

(12:11:27) Chapter 31

(12:36:50) Chapter 32

(12:54:42) Chapter 33

(13:36:51) Chapter 34

(14:01:34) Chapter 35

(14:33:17) Chapter 36

(15:03:09) Chapter 37

(15:29:39) Chapter 38

(15:53:50) Chapter 39

(16:25:21) Chapter 40

(16:51:08) Chapter 41

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