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The Fat And The Thin

The Fat And The Thin

Zola, Emile

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ISBN10: 116269436X
ISBN13: 9781162694368
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.65 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The Fat and the Thin is a novel by French author Emile Zola originally published in 1873. The story takes place in 19th century Paris and follows the lives of a group of characters from different social classes. The main focus of the novel is on the relationship between two women, Lisa and Gervaise, who come from opposite ends of the social spectrum. Lisa is wealthy and overweight, while Gervaise is poor and thin. Despite their differences, the two women become close friends and their lives become intertwined.The novel explores themes of social class, wealth, power, and the struggle for survival in a society that values appearance over substance. Zola's writing style is vivid and realistic, and he portrays the characters and their surroundings in great detail. The Fat and the Thin is a social commentary on the complexities of human relationships and the impact of social status on individual lives. It is a thought-provoking and insightful novel that continues to resonate with readers today.The deep-lying forests of seaweed, in which the mysterious life of the ocean slumbers, seemed at one haul of the nets to have yielded up all they contained. There were cod, keeling, whiting, flounders, plaice, dabs, and other sorts of common fish of a dingy grey with whitish splotches; there were conger-eels, huge serpent-like creatures, with small black eyes and muddy, bluish skins, so slimy that they still seemed to be gliding along, yet alive.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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