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Au Bonheur des Dames (The Ladies' Delight) or (The Ladies' Paradise) is a 1883 novel by Émile Zola, the eleventh in his Les Rougon-Macquart series, about Denise who moves to Paris with her two brothers when her father dies. Au Bonheur des Dames book cover This image is a book cover. ... Au Bonheur des Dames book cover This image is a book cover. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Émile Zola (April 2, 1840 – September 29, 1902) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France. ... Les Rougon-Macquart is the collective title given to French novelist Emile Zolas greatest literary achievement, a monumental twenty-novel cycle about the exploits of various members of an extended family during the French Second Empire, from the coup détat of December 1851 which established Napoleon III as... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

In this novel, Zola portrays - among other things - life in Paris at the end of the 19th century. In particular, it offers a portrait of the economy of this period. It recounts the rise of the modern department store in late nineteenth-century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family: it is emblematic of changes in consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. The accuracy of portrayals was enriched by Zola's extensive research of "Le Bon Marché", at the time the largest department store in Paris. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A JC Penney department store. ... In common usage capitalism refers to an economic system in which all or most of the means of production are privately owned and operated and where the investment of capital, and the production, distribution and prices of commodities (goods and services) are determined mainly in a free market, rather than... Melbourne, Australia by night For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation) A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Bourgeois at the end of the thirteenth century. ... Consumerism is a term used to describe the effects of equating personal happiness with purchasing material possessions and consumption. ... A sexual norm can be an individual norm or a social norm. ... Social class describes the relationships between people in hierarchical societies or cultures. ... Bon Marché (which more or less means good price in French) is the name of one of the most famous department stores in Paris. ...

Typical of Zola's novels, "Au Bonheur des Dames", the physical location of the fictional store in the novel is worth noting. Located along the "Avenue du 10 Decembre" equidistant from the Opera Garnier (Under construction in the storyline of the novel) and the Palais Brogniard (The Parisian stock market) the department store "Au Bonheur des Dames" is meant to highlight the confluence of 'feminine' shopping and 'masculine' finance. Both the stock market and the theatre are central elements in other novels in the Rougon-Macquart series. Exterior of the Palais Garnier. ... The stock market is the market for the trading of company stock, both those securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. ...