L'Assommoir
Émile Zola
Play
Length 16 h 45 min
Chapters 60
First published 1885
Émile François Zola (French pronunciation: [emil zɔˈla]) (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism. More than half of Zola’s novels were part of a set of twenty novels about a family under the Second Empire collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart.
L’Assommoir (1877) is the seventh novel in the series. Usually considered one of Zola’s masterpieces, the novel—a harsh and uncompromising study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris—was a huge commercial success and established Zola’s fame and reputation throughout France and the world. (Summary edited from Wikipedia)
Chapters
1
00 - Author's preface and introduction Read by Martin Geeson 25:21
2
02 - Chapter I, part two Read by David Lazarus 16:54
3
03 - Chapter I, part three Read by David Lazarus 16:53
4
04 - Chapter I, part four Read by David Lazarus 17:46
5
05 - Chapter II, part one Read by Anna Simon 15:19
6
06 - Chapter II, part two Read by Anna Simon 15:37
7
07 - Chapter II, part three Read by Anna Simon 14:36
8
08 - Chapter II, part four Read by Anna Simon 16:28
9
09 - Chapter III, part one Read by Martin Geeson 16:56
10
10 - Chapter III, part two Read by Martin Geeson 15:42
11
11 - Chapter III, part three Read by Martin Geeson 15:49
12
12 - Chapter III, part four Read by Martin Geeson 16:20
13
13 - Chapter III, part five Read by Martin Geeson 17:01
14
14 - Chapter IV, part one Read by David Lazarus 13:52
15
15 - Chapter IV, part two Read by David Lazarus 14:51
16
16 - Chapter IV, part three Read by David Lazarus 13:52
17
17 - Chapter IV, part four Read by David Lazarus 14:17
18
18 - Chapter IV, part five Read by David Lazarus 15:05
19
19 - Chapter V, part one Read by Martin Geeson 16:31
20
20 - Chapter V, part two Read by Martin Geeson 16:41
21
21 - Chapter V, part three Read by Martin Geeson 16:42
22
22 - Chapter V, part four Read by Martin Geeson 16:46
23
23 - Chapter V, part five Read by Martin Geeson 16:06
24
24 - Chapter VI, part one Read by Anna Simon 13:20
25
25 - Chapter VI, part two Read by Anna Simon 13:51
26
26 - Chapter VI, part three Read by Anna Simon 13:46
27
27 - Chapter VI, part four Read by Anna Simon 12:46
28
28 - Chapter VI, part five Read by Anna Simon 13:11
29
29 - Chapter VII, part one Read by David Lazarus 17:39
30
30 - Chapter VII, part two Read by David Lazarus 16:45
31
31 - Chapter VII, part three Read by David Lazarus 17:17
32
32 - Chapter VII, part four Read by David Lazarus 15:52
33
33 - Chapter VII, part five Read by David Lazarus 18:25
34
34 - Chapter VIII, part one Read by Martin Geeson 16:40
35
35 - Chapter VIII, part two Read by Martin Geeson 16:34
36
36 - Chapter VIII, part three Read by Martin Geeson 18:01
37
37 - Chapter VIII, part four Read by Martin Geeson 16:43
38
38 - Chapter VIII, part five Read by Martin Geeson 18:13
39
39 - Chapter IX, part one Read by Alan Brown 18:04
40
40 - Chapter IX, part two Read by Alex Foster 15:46
41
41 - Chapter IX, part three Read by Alex Foster 16:02
42
42 - Chapter IX, part four Read by Alex Foster 14:56
43
43 - Chapter IX, part five Read by Alex Foster 15:39
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44 - Chapter X, part one Read by Martin Geeson 17:28
45
45 - Chapter X, part two Read by Martin Geeson 17:16
46
46 - Chapter X, part three Read by Martin Geeson 15:04
47
47 - Chapter X, part four Read by Martin Geeson 17:23
48
48 - Chapter X, part five Read by Martin Geeson 18:54
49
49 - Chapter XI, part one Read by David Lazarus 17:00
50
50 - Chapter XI, part two Read by David Lazarus 16:58
51
51 - Chapter XI, part three Read by David Lazarus 16:04
52
52 - Chapter XI, part four Read by David Lazarus 17:29
53
53 - Chapter XI, part five Read by David Lazarus 17:40
54
54 - Chapter XII, part one Read by Martin Geeson 16:00
55
55 - Chapter XII, part two Read by Martin Geeson 16:21
56
56 - Chapter XII, part three Read by Martin Geeson 16:02
57
57 - Chapter XII, part four Read by Martin Geeson 18:09
58
58 - Chapter XII, part five Read by Martin Geeson 16:29
59
59 - Chapter XIII, part one Read by David Lazarus 18:37
60
60 - Chapter XIII, part two Read by David Lazarus 20:14
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