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#12Booksof2022 June @Andrew65 lagging behind on this!Some great books,and a reminder of Zola's timelessness.2 of these are #BlameitonLitsy,a Molly Keane buddy read and the kindness of @BarbaraBB 😀
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4736821470
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4725361918
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4785185329

COMMERCE! The “big-box-storification” of late 19th cent Paris. Local merchants contending w/ threat of the first department stores. So cinematic: the streets, shelves, rush of goods & sales, fabrics & commissions, the push to profit & expansion. Retail management & customer flow. Footnotes explaining away casual stereotypes of Jews & women=wince. Lush language, melodrama. Retail jobs were tough & gossipy w/ harassers aplenty, even back then. 1883

Currently reading #theladiesparadise by #emilezola #émilezola for one of my classes! So far, I‘m enjoying it. #emilezolatheladiesparadise #theladiesparadiseemilezola #lebonheurdesdames

4⭐️ Zola wrote such an amazing story about the lives inside and surrounding a massive department store in late 19th century Paris. The giant killed all the small businesses with its economies of scale and price wars. It‘s ironic that department stores are now killed by online stores. Jeff Bezos IS the Octave Mouret of the modern era 🙈, capitalizing on the consumer behaviour that has not changed since

The location of The Ladies‘ Paradise in Paris 😻 I want to visit Paris and check out all the locations in the series. Hopefully, we can travel soon 🤞🏻

😱 I just found out that there‘s BBC TV series of the tagged book! Omg! 🥰🥰🥰

Still about Octave Mouret

Saturday morning reading view

If you can‘t beat em... #catsofLitsy #EarlGrey

Loved ever minute of this book

Thankyou @jenniferw88 for my #lonelyheartsclubswap I haven‘t seen a bookmark like these that show the exact line you have read to. They are great. I am using the sticky notes for my #LMPBC already and I will be sure to let you know what I think of the book xo

#augustisatrip #day7 - #paris

Was assigned this reading prior to my May-mester trip to Paris back in college. Loved what I read enough to recommend the book to others, though I never actually finished it myself. Also got to go to the actual store from the book!

#QuotsyJuly18 Day 19: Passion Trumps #Boredom anytime.

Another rare exception where I liked the movie/show better than the book.
#page2screen #pbs

Let's see if I can keep awake. Pens in Colorado. Zola is really good. #readingandlisteningtohockey

Sens and Habs are playing outside in Ottawa in very, very cold weather. It's cold here too. Winter has taken hold now. #readingandwatchinghockey welcome back Litsy you were missed 💕💕💕

Monday's hockey is Crosby vs MacKinnon. So far it's lively. #readingandwatchinghockey

I will #sharealazyhour today with the next book in my #litsyatoz challenge. Emile Zola had very few lazy hours. #survivingdecember

#litsyclassics #litsyclassicsmatches

@bobregina @cobwebmoth

#howyouread from yesterday. Usually I read in bed with my cat by my side. I also read on the couch or at my kitchen table. I almost always read physical copies, with the occasional audio book #riotgrams

Starting The Ladies' Paradise now! Hopefully it's as good as the BBC show was 💙

A complex drama that embraces a wonderful historical depiction of retail stores back in the day (I.e. Imagine an early Macy's) with a touch of mystery, murder, innocence, addictive romance, and unforgettable twists that leave you guessing until the end! A fantastic #GoodRead.

Plus, the BBC trilogy was just as enticing by bringing this great story to life! 😎👍🏻