Recounts the frenzied transformations that made late nineteenth-century Paris the fashion capital of the world. This novel includes a capitalist hero, Octave Mouret, who creates a giant department store that devours the dusty, outmoded boutiques surrounding it.

383 pages, Ill.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	December 13, 1991
ISBN13	9780520078673
Publishers	University of California Press
Pages	383
Dimensions	141 × 207 × 26 mm · 486 g

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