Part of the Les Rougon Macquart series by Emile Zola; this novel is a bleak but realistic portrayal of the poverty stricken lives of Parisian underclass during late 1800s.The main character Gervaise and her two children are deserted by her lover and hoping for a better life she marries Coupeau. But little does she know that now along with poverty she has to face her husbands Alcoholism as well.
Part of the Les Rougon Macquart series by Emile Zola; this novel is a bleak but realistic portrayal of the poverty stricken lives of Parisian underclass during late 1800s.The main character Gervaise and her two children are deserted by her lover and hoping for a better life she marries Coupeau. But little does she know that now along with poverty she has to face her husbands Alcoholism as well.