Classics Considered

by Marian H

Zola

  • The Ladies’ Paradise

    The Ladies’ Paradise, one of my required books for history class, was my introduction to the author Émile Zola and his twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart series.  Apparently, this series may be read out-of-order, and indeed, The Ladies’ Paradise works well as a standalone novel.  It is the eleventh installment and (according to Wiki) takes place in the Continue reading

  • Monstrous Societies

    © Brocken Inaglory I haven’t purposely adhered to the current “dystopian novel” trend, yet my three latest reads have all held striking elements of it. First is the famous Utopia, a complete contradiction to its name.  This was a really bad book, to put it simply.  The fictitious island of Utopia is a society of Continue reading

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  • Character Thursday: Octave Mouret

    I am three chapters into The Ladies’ Paradise, by Émile Zola, and so far I love it.  Set in late-1800s Paris, it is about a clothing shop called the “Ladies’ Paradise”, which threatens to destroy all the other shops in the neighborhood with its business innovations, cheap prices, and unheard-of variety.  The shop is currently Continue reading

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