The Drinking Den
Author: Zola, Émile
ISBN: 9780140449549
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 16 Sep 2005
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
One of the great works of 19th century Realism, and one of Zola's best-known novels
Set in the taverns of Paris, this is perhaps the first classical tragedy of working-class people living in the slums of a city. The Drinking Den (1877) is part of the Rougon-Macquart series, a naturalistic history of two branches of a family traced through several generations. Zola's work was influenced by contemporary theories of heredity and experimental science, and the behaviour of the two families is shown to be conditioned by environment and inherited characteristics, chiefly drunkenness and mental instability.
ISBN: 9780140449549
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 16 Sep 2005
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback / softback
One of the great works of 19th century Realism, and one of Zola's best-known novels
Set in the taverns of Paris, this is perhaps the first classical tragedy of working-class people living in the slums of a city. The Drinking Den (1877) is part of the Rougon-Macquart series, a naturalistic history of two branches of a family traced through several generations. Zola's work was influenced by contemporary theories of heredity and experimental science, and the behaviour of the two families is shown to be conditioned by environment and inherited characteristics, chiefly drunkenness and mental instability.
