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<i>The Ladies' Paradise</i> 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.
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The Ladies' Paradise, Émile Zola
- Language
- Released
- 2012
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €3.99
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- Title
- The Ladies' Paradise
- Subtitle
- BBC Tie-in
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Émile Zola
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 438
- ISBN10
- 0199675961
- ISBN13
- 9780199675968
- Series
- Tags
- France, 19th century, French Literature, Paris, Desire
- Description
- <i>The Ladies' Paradise</i> 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.