by Zola (Author)
Recounts the frenzied transformations that made late nineteenth-century Paris the fashion capital of the world. This novel includes a capitalist hero, Octave Mouret, who creates a giant department store that devours the dusty, outmoded boutiques surrounding it.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 383
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 01 Jul 1992
ISBN 10: 0520078675
ISBN 13: 9780520078673