Ladies' Paradise, Book Eleven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)
Author: first_name: Émile
last_name: Zola
Language: English
Year: 1886

This is the sequel to "Piping Hot!", so the eleventh volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle.  This is the story of Octave Mouret, his creation of the department store, "Au Bonheur des Dames" ("The Ladies' Paradise'), and of his romance with the shopgirl, Denise Baudu. - Summary by Mark Leder