Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on path to a decent, respectable life at last.

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Paperback, 8th Edition

ISBN13: 9780140449549

Penguin Classics, 2004

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