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The Ladies Paradise
Online versions
Émile Zola's original French publication, Au Bonheur des Dames ("The Ladies' Delight")was published 1882. Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, English translation was published in 1886. This Librivox audiobook recording is read by Kristine G Cross (16hrs)
Project Gutenberg of Australia eBooks edition. (2014)
Translated Without Abridgement from the 50th French Edition.
Translated by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Analysis
State Library of Victoria resources
Retail store atmosphere: The art of seduction 1902 and 2002
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Gender, War, and the Department Store
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Crippled by sight: detail in The Ladies' Paradise
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Literary Perspectives
Background
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Professor Brian Nelson, the world’s foremost scholar on French novelist Émile Zola.
Why read Zola? (1min)
Zola and the material (2mins)
Zola and the value of truth (2min)
Zola, France, Realism, and Naturalism: Crash Course Theatre #31
Theatre adoption of evolution: Zola's 'Naturalism' explained (watch from 6min 40sec)