The Bright Side of Life

by Émile Zola

Book Overview

Orphaned with a substantial inheritance at the age of ten, Pauline Quenu is taken from Paris to live with her relatives, Monsieur and Madame Chanteau and their son Lazare, in the village of Bonneville on the wild Normandy coast. Her presence enlivens the household and Pauline is the only one who can ease Chanteau's gout-ridden agony. Her love of life contrasts with the insularity and pessimism that infects the family, especially Lazare, for whom she...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198753616
• ISBN13: 9780198753612
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"