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Part of Emile Zola's multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga, The Belly of Paris is the story of Florent Quenu, a wrongly accused man who escapes imprisonment on Devil's Island. Returning to his native Paris, Florent finds a city he barely recognizes, with its working classes... Read Full Overview

Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d' tat in December 1851, Florent Quenu escapes and returns to Paris. He finds the city changed beyond recognition. The old March des Innocents has been knocked down as part of Haussmann's grand program of urban... Read Full Overview

Le Ventre de Paris est un roman d' mile Zola publi en 1873, le troisi me de la s rie Les Rougon-Macquart. L'action se passe pour l'essentiel aux Halles centrales de Paris, construites par Victor Baltard entre 1854 et 1870, norme b timent structure m tallique dans lequel les... Read Full Overview

Part of Emile Zola's multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga, The Belly of Paris is the story of Florent Quenu, a wrongly accused man who escapes imprisonment on Devil's Island. Returning to his native Paris, Florent finds a city he barely recognizes, with its working classes... Read Full Overview

La obra pertenece al estilo literario denominado naturalismo en la que Zola describe entre frutas, verduras, carnes, pescados, embutidos y quesos, la vida cotidiana de la sociedad parisina en torno al nuevo mercado central de Les Halles de Par s, gigantesco edificio met lico... Read Full Overview

Le Ventre de Paris est un roman crit par mile Zola et publi en 1873. L'action se passe pour l'essentiel aux Halles centrales de Paris, construites par Victor Baltard entre 1854 et 1870, norme b timent structure m tallique dans lequel les murs sont remplac s par des Halles... Read Full Overview

?mile ZOLA (1840-1902), n? ? Paris, de p?re italien, un ing?nieur de travaux publics, et m?re fran?aise. ? cons?quence du d?c?s du chef de famille, l?orphelin, fils unique, et la veuve, connaissent des graves p?nuries ?conomiques, jusqu?? ce que le jeune ?mile entre en contact... Read Full Overview

'Respectable people... What bastards!'Unjustly deported to Devil's Island following Louis-Napoleon's coup-d'?tat in December 1851, Florent Quenu escapes and returns to Paris. He finds the city changed beyond recognition. The old March? des Innocents has been knocked down as part... Read Full Overview

Au milieu du grand silence, et dans le d sert de l'avenue, les voitures de mara chers montaient vers Paris, avec les cahots rhythm s de leurs roues, dont les chos battaient les fa ades des maisons, endormies aux deux bords, derri re les lignes confuses des ormes. Un tombereau... Read Full Overview

Little known in this country until its republication by Sun & Moon Press, The Belly of Paris is one of mile Zola's most fascinating and exciting novels--a book of culinary treats.

Translated by Zola's original English publisher, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly.

Little known in this country until its republication by Sun Moon Press, The Belly of Paris is one of Amile Zola's most fascinating and exciting novels-a book of culinary treats. Translated by Zola's original English publisher, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly.

Le ventre de Paris est le troisime roman du cycle Les Rougon-Macquart d'Emile Zola. Version originale intgrale. Format 8,5 x 11 pouces (21,59 x 27,94 cm), trois colonnes, police 10 points .

Although it is little known in this country, The Belly of Paris is considered one of mile Zola's best novels. Set in the newly built food markets of Paris, it is a story of wealth and poverty set against a sumptuous banquet of food and commerce.

Having just escaped...

Les Rougon-Macquart: histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le second Empire. III (1873). Texte int?gral. Cet ouvrage s'inscrit dans un projet de sauvegarde et de valorisation de biblioth?ques et fonds patrimoniaux anciens appartenant ? la litt?rature des 19e et 20e... Read Full Overview

[MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.]

[Translated by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly]

[Read by Frederick Davidson]

Although it is little known in this country, The Belly of Paris is considered one of Émile Zola's best novels. Set in the newly built... Read Full Overview

Au milieu du grand silence, et dans le desert de l'avenue, les voitures de maraichers montaient vers Paris, avec les cahots rhythmes de leurs roues, dont les echos battaient les facades des maisons, endormies aux deux bords, derriere les lignes confuses des ormes. Un tombereau... Read Full Overview