Résumé
Based on the content of the provided file, "L'Assommoir" by Émile Zola is a Naturalist novel.
Zola himself describes his work as a "work of truth, the first novel about the people, that doesn't lie and that has the smell of the people".
The story follows the tragic downfall of a working-class family in Paris, focusing on the main character, a laundress named Gervaise Macquart.
The novel explores the corrupting effects of poverty, alcoholism, and the harsh environment of the Parisian slums on the family's lives and morals.