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by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, Émile Zola
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My two cents
My two cents rated it 7 years ago
Les Halles in Paris—do you know it? Unless you’re into a bit of French history, you may not. It doesn’t exist anymore, demolished in 1969/70, its centennial year. It was a huge market, much of it housed in at least ten pavilions of glass and iron designed by Victor Baltard. Plus a big domed central ...
Reader! Reader!
Reader! Reader! rated it 9 years ago
A story of a planned revolution, the setting of this novel holds the key to its magnificence. The story takes part in the newly covered mid-19th century markets of Les Halles, in Paris—the covered stalls, the cellars under the markets, the nearby shops. Zola does an amazing job describing the abunda...
Edward
Edward rated it 10 years ago
IntroductionTranslator's NoteSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Émile Zola--The Belly of ParisExplanatory Notes
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 12 years ago
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