Le Ventre de Paris

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Le Ventre de Paris" by Émile Zola is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into the life and struggles of various characters in the bustling Les Halles market of Paris during the Second Empire, focusing particularly on a man named Florent who is returning to the city after years of exile. The opening of the novel introduces the early morning setting of bustling market activities as vendors transport their vegetables into Paris. Among these characters is Madame François, a robust vegetable vendor, who discovers a man named Florent, lying in the middle of the road. As she helps him into her cart, we learn about Florent's weariness and hints at his troubled past, including his escape from Cayenne. Through Madame François's interactions and the lively description of the market scene, Zola sets the stage for Florent's re-entry into a vibrant yet harsh Paris, where he faces both physical and emotional challenges against the rich backdrop of the city's culinary abundance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Philippe Chavin, Carlo Traverso, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Image files courtesy of gallica.bnf.fr

Notes:

Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Ventre_de_Paris

Release date is 2004-09-01