Au Bonheur Des Dames = the Ladies' Delight
Describe symbolism in Au Bonheur Des Dames = the Ladies' Delight by Emile Zola
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In Chapter Nine, we learn that the enormity of the store's expansion is so great that it blacks the sun from reaching the streets of the neighborhood. This darkness is a symbol of the death of old ways.
Au Bonheur Des Dames = the Ladies' Delight