Au Bonheur des Dames

Zola's famous naturalist novel on the birth of department stores, in an abbreviated version, all in colour, adapted to all the reader profiles and enriched with many educational tools. In connection with the study object "The fiction to question the real" of the French program in 4th. L'histoireComes to Paris to look for work, Denise is hired at the Happiness of the Ladies. First fascinated, she gradually discovers the hidden face of the place and the real face of her seductive owner, Octave Mouret. Through this novel d'amour and d'apprentissage, Zola delivers a powerful document on the development of capitalism and the birth of consumerism in late 19th century Paris. The pedagogical complements in the book• A foreword to prepare reading• Active readings along the lines of the text • Benchmarks on the realistic novel and the work of the naturalist novelist• An analytical reading path in 6 stages• Interdisciplinary workshops (t