L'Assommoir, Book Seven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Émile Zola
Play
Length 17 h 6 min
Chapters 41
First published 1876
Gervaise Macquart runs away to Paris with Lantier, to work as a washerwoman. Lantier abandons her and their two sons. She then marries the roofer Coupeau, and has a daughter, nicknamed Nana. She opens her own laundry; then everything goes downhill, as both Gervaise and Coupeau succumb to alcoholism. - Summary by Mark Leder
Chapters
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Chapter One, Part One Read by Mark Leder 24:43
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Chapter One, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 16:57
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Chapter One, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 32:06
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Chapter Two, Part One Read by Mark Leder 24:53
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Chapter Two, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 16:50
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Chapter Two, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 30:23
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Chapter Three, Part One Read by Mark Leder 27:05
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Chapter Three, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 25:55
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Chapter Three, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 29:13
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Chapter Four, Part One Read by Mark Leder 26:06
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Chapter Four, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 24:24
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Chapter Four, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 25:24
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Chapter Five, Part One Read by Mark Leder 28:48
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Chapter Five, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 22:00
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Chapter Five, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 31:24
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Chapter Six, Part One Read by Mark Leder 25:36
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Chapter Six, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 22:09
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Chapter Six, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 27:28
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Chapter Seven, Part One Read by Mark Leder 25:50
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Chapter Seven, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 23:45
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Chapter Seven, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 21:26
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Chapter Seven, Part Four Read by Mark Leder 22:54
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Chapter Eight, Part One Read by Mark Leder 23:25
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Chapter Eight, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 17:16
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Chapter Eight, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 16:31
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Chapter Eight, Part Four Read by Mark Leder 29:01
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Chapter Nine, Part One Read by Mark Leder 25:24
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Chapter Nine, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 19:33
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Chapter Nine, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 16:40
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Chapter Nine, Part Four Read by Mark Leder 28:18
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Chapter Ten, Part One Read by Mark Leder 25:23
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Chapter Ten, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 17:52
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Chapter Eleven, Part One Read by Mark Leder 42:09
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Chapter Ten, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 24:43
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Chapter Eleven, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 31:43
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Chapter Eleven, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 29:52
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Chapter Twelve, Part One Read by Mark Leder 26:30
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Chapater Twelve, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 24:11
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Chapter Twelve, Part Three Read by Mark Leder 31:31
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Chapter Thirteen, Part One Read by Mark Leder 25:47
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Chapter Thirteen, Part Two Read by Mark Leder 14:25
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