About this title: "The Ladies' Paradise" (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the rise of the modern department store in late 19th-century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family; it is also emblematic of changes in consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations that were taking place at the ...
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Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13:9780520078673ISBN:0520078675
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 12-5-91
ISBN-13:9780520078673ISBN:0520078675
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780192836021ISBN:0192836021
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-09-01
ISBN-13:9780199536900ISBN:0199536902
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780192831804ISBN:0192831801
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Description: Copright is 1883 but probably printed later; small, square octavo, [title leaf], 19-538 pp. as issued; later half leather rubbed and worn with front hinge split, library book plate and other markings, title leaf margin chipped and partially detached but no loss, text age toned, reading copy *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: General Books LLC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780217953634ISBN:0217953638
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"I really enjoyed this novel- it tells the story of Mouret, an ambitious, Parisian playboy who succeeds in growing his store into Paris' first mega department store. He succeeds by using a couple of time-tested capitalist tricks: 1) he fools the consumer into buying things they don't need (while making them feel empowered for it) and 2) he controls his poorly paid staff by creating a system that keeps them busy competing against each other instead of building strength in numbers. I kept waiting for a hero of the proletariat to rise from the pages and bring to truth to power, but it was not meant to be. For this reason, I think this book stands as an expose of capitalism rather than an appeal for something more sensible (a la 'Germinal'). Zola is a champ"
"Tolstoy said if there were no women there would be no shops (I don't know that any 'Bang and Olufsen' manager would agree) but Zola examines the female obsession with shopping in this novel. As the little shops in Paris go bust, the huge department store 'The Ladies Delight' continues to cut prices and drive the Parisian ladies mad with its colourful array of goods. This novel is about capitalism and all the horror it holds for those who can't see through it: Those who trade, those who work and those who buy. Anyway, I'm off to Wilkinsons now to do a bit of shopping..."
"Aw, bummer. The first Zola I wasn't head-over-heels in love with. A lot of interesting stuff in this to think about, but Denise is a drip and a half. I hate reading about doormats."
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