An edition of Au bonheur des dames (1883)

Au bonheur des dames

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Au bonheur des dames
Émile Zola, Émile Zola
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An edition of Au bonheur des dames (1883)

Au bonheur des dames

  • 4.3 (7 ratings) ·
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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.

Publish Date
Publisher
Gallimard
Language
French
Pages
570

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Cover of: The ladies' paradise
The ladies' paradise
2008, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: Au bonheur des dames
Au bonheur des dames : Commentaires du roman
April 18, 2002, Hatier
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: Au Bonheur Des Dames (World Classics)
Au Bonheur Des Dames (World Classics)
January 1999, Distribooks
Paperback in French - New edition
Cover of: Au Bonheur DES Dames
Au Bonheur DES Dames
November 12, 1999, Editions Flammarion
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: The ladies' paradise
The ladies' paradise
1998, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: The Ladies' Paradise
The Ladies' Paradise
December 10, 1998, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
Cover of: Au bonheur des dames
Au bonheur des dames
1981, Fasquelle
in French
Cover of: Au bonheur des dames
Au bonheur des dames
1980, Gallimard
in French
Cover of: Au Bonheur Des Dames
Au Bonheur Des Dames
January 1, 1980, Livre de Poche
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Bonheur des dames, or, The shop girls of Paris
Bonheur des dames, or, The shop girls of Paris
1883, T.B. Peterson & Bros.
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Paris
Series
Les Rougon-Macquart -- [11], Collection Folio -- 1242

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ2497 .A8 1980

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Pagination
570 p. ;
Number of pages
570

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL20714040M

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