Assommoir

About “Assommoir”

L'Assommoir is a study of alcoholism and poverty in the working-class districts of Paris. Gervaise Macquart, after fleeing with her lover Lantier to Paris and working as a washerwoman, marries Coupeau, a teetotal roofer, and enjoys a period of prosperity until Coupeau becomes addicted to alcohol following an injury, leading to the deterioration of their life and eventual tragedy.