{"product_id":"9780198828563","title":"The Assommoir","description":"The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'Assommoir (1877) is the story of a woman's struggle for happiness in working-class Paris.  At the center of the story stands Gervaise, who starts her own laundry and for a time makes a success of it.  But her husband soon squanders her earnings in the Assommoir, a local drinking spot, and gradually the pair sink into poverty and squalor..  L'Assommoir was a contemporary bestseller, outraged conservative critics, and launched a passionate debate about the legitimate scope of modern literature.  This new translation captures not only the brutality but the pathos of its characters' lives.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48310147711216,"sku":"9780198828563","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780198828563_p0.jpg?v=1764125937","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780198828563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}