Title The ladies' paradise / Émile Zola ; translated by April Fitzlyon.

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Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics, 2013.

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Edition	New edition.
Description	1 online resource (449 pages)
Note	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 29, 2017)
	"As seen on TV"--Cover.
	First published in French as Au bonheur des dames in 1883. This translation first published by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd under the title Ladies' delight in 1957. A revised edition of the Calder translation first published by Alma Classics in 2008.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	Recently adapted for BBC Television, The Ladies' Paradise evokes the giddy pace of Paris's transition into a modern city and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. The Ladies' Paradise is a compelling story of ambition and love set against the backdrop of the spectacular rise of the department store in 1860s Paris. Octave Mouret is a business genius who transforms a modest draper's shop into a hugely successful retail enterprise, masterfully exploiting the desires of his female customers and ruining small competitors along the way. Through the eyes of trainee salesgirl Denise we see the inner workings of the store and the relations and intrigues among the staff, human dramas played out alongside the relentless pursuit of commercial supremacy.
Contents	The Ladies' Paradise; Note on the Text; Notes; Extra Material; Émile Zola's Life; Émile Zola's Works; Select Bibliography
Language	Translated from the French.
Subject	Department stores -- France -- Paris -- History -- Fiction.
	Seduction -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.
	Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
	FICTION / General.
	Department stores. (OCoLC)fst00890783
	Seduction. (OCoLC)fst01111032
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	France -- Paris. (OCoLC)fst01205283
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	FitzLyon, April, translator.
	Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. Au bonheur des dames. English.
Added Title	Au bonheur des dames. English
ISBN	9781847493149 (electronic bk.)
	1847493149 (electronic bk.)

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