The Ladies' Paradise

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LibriVox recording of The Ladies' Paradise by Émile Zola. (Translated by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly.) Read in English by Kristin Gjerløw Zola's original French publication, Au Bonheur des Dames ("The Ladies' Delight"), published 1882, is the eleventh novel in his Rougon-Macquart series. This English translation by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, was published in 1886. It's a glitzy, fast paced Parisian drama depicting life at the world's first department store, revealing its many innovative marketing concepts, fashion, glamour, lust, greed, courage, deception, human foibles, and the vision and financial risk-taking that led to a world transformation in shopping -- one that set all the little shop keepers on their heads. All this is contrasted by our heroine Denise, a young sales woman who struggles through financial hardship, back-stabbing friendships, and incredible temptations with a quiet courage that helps her rise to the top. As she passes through fire and emerges from it unscathed, we get Zola's masterful depiction of social upheaval and feminine resistance to evil. In 2012 the BBC used the novel as the basis for an eight-part television series set in northern England titled The Paradise. A second season followed in 2013. The novel was also was adapted into a play, The Ladies' Delight, for BBC Radio 4, premiering in September 2010. ~ Solo by Kristinjg, Edited by Michele Fry, Summary by Michele Fry For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS fe

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Émile Zola

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (* 2. April 1840 in Paris; † 29. September 1902 ebenda) war ein französischer Schriftsteller, Maler und Journalist. Zola gilt als einer der großen französischen Romanciers des 19. Jahrhunderts und als Leitfigur und Begründer der gesamteuropäischen literarischen Strömung des Naturalismus. Zugleich war er ein sehr aktiver Journalist, der sich aus einer gemäßigt linken Haltung heraus am politischen Leben beteiligte. Sein Artikel J’accuse…! („Ich klage an…!“) spielte eine Schlüsselrolle in der Dreyfus-Affäre, die Frankreich jahrelang in Atem hielt, und trug entscheidend zur späteren Rehabilitierung des fälschlich wegen Landesverrats verurteilten Offiziers Alfred Dreyfus bei.

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