The Ladies' Paradise (Audible Audio Edition) Emile Zola Lee Ann Howlett Spoken Realms Books
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Country girl Denise Baudu arrives in Paris hoping for a position in her uncle's clothing shop. However, her uncle's shop, along with other small shops in the area, is doing poorly. This is due to the large store across the street - The Ladies' Paradise - which is swallowing up the small specialty stores by offering "one-stop shopping" at discounted prices. Nineteenth-century Paris is experiencing the dawn of the department store. Despite her loyalty to her uncle, Denise is drawn to the progressive Ladies' Paradise and it's owner, the driven but charismatic Monsieur Mouret. This book was the basis for the PBS Masterpiece Classic series, The Paradise.
The Ladies' Paradise (Audible Audio Edition) Emile Zola Lee Ann Howlett Spoken Realms Books
My copy of the ebook was not annotated at all, so I'm knocking one star off. On a positive note, the text has fewer typos than many ebooks I have read. Of course the story is the most important part, and I found it to be very good. If, like me, you watched BBC's The Paradise and wanted it to be a little less idealized and heartwarming, then you will probably enjoy this much grittier original. However, if you are looking for a book version of the television series, this is not it. I found this book to be a fascinating study in gender, class, and commerce, and highly recommend it to anyone who loves history, Paris, or classics, as well as to anyone interested in how superstores affect the psychology of consumers.Product details
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The Ladies' Paradise (Audible Audio Edition) Emile Zola Lee Ann Howlett Spoken Realms Books Reviews
My complaint with this version is in the translation and the typos. It doesn't say who the translator was, but there are obvious places where a word makes no sense but SOUNDS like a word that should have been there. The result is nonsensical sentences, along with miscellaneous typos.
OTOH, it did make me want to return to The Bon Marche in Paris to admire their beautiful fabrics. And it's a very convenient, inexpensive way of reading the book
I saw the TV Series based on this book and decided to read it. Since it was translated, It may have just been a very bad translation. Zola is very discriptive and you feel like you are in Paris at the Ladies Paradise but he talks about woman like they are objects or on earth just to please men.
This was an interesting and engaging story about love, relationships, ambition and the rise of consumerism in Paris France in the fashion industry. Some passages were excruciatingly long in describing the various departments and the items they sold. I have seen a tv miniseries similar but I don't recall the name. I would recommend this book.
I read this for a class requirement. It is one of the most awful pieces of “literature” I have ever forced myself to read. There are some historical bits of value in there, but slogging through the rest of it to find them is really not worth it.
This has been an interesting book to read after seeing this portrayed on Masterpiece. The TV version does not exactly follow the book, but both have been fascinating. The main plot in the book centers around a large store in Paris in the 1800's that is continually adding departments and buying up all the adjoining small shops in order to enlarge the store called "The Ladies' Paradise". There are some shop owners who are determined to not give in, and others who have to go out of business.
I began to see a parallel to a similar situation in the U.S. when the big box stores came to the forefront with their buying power and cheaper prices. The local merchants were naturally upset and said they would all have to go out of business. Some did and others found a niche market.
This Zola book bears only a slight resemblance to the filmed version being shown on Masterpiece Classic. The figure of Denise is more realistic, particularly in terms of the time set in the book, 1860. She was poor, not well kept, unattractive and not well educated. She learned vast amounts in the course of the story which covers many years.
Zola fully described the business of the department store, it's building, it's furnishings, it's departments and stock. He displayed a tremendous knowledge of these areas. Zola, however, is very verbose and at times I grew tired of the details and skimmed them.
I think the ending gave up some of the standards Denise stood for.
Make sure you pay attention to the product dimensions..it is the size of a textbook and not a normal paperback book. The font is super tiny and hard to read. When you comebine the size of the pages with the font I found it nearly impossible to read because I kept losing my place (I also didn't have a magnifying glass...)
Spend the extra and get it in a normal paperback or hardcover that you can read without the eye strain.
My copy of the ebook was not annotated at all, so I'm knocking one star off. On a positive note, the text has fewer typos than many ebooks I have read. Of course the story is the most important part, and I found it to be very good. If, like me, you watched BBC's The Paradise and wanted it to be a little less idealized and heartwarming, then you will probably enjoy this much grittier original. However, if you are looking for a book version of the television series, this is not it. I found this book to be a fascinating study in gender, class, and commerce, and highly recommend it to anyone who loves history, Paris, or classics, as well as to anyone interested in how superstores affect the psychology of consumers.
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