The Belly of Paris
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Main Ideas
- Social inequality and class struggle in Paris
- The influence of the environment on individuals
- The contrast between poverty and wealth
- The role of the market as a center of life and a symbol of abundance
- Depiction of everyday life and labor of ordinary people
- Critique of bourgeois society and its values
- The theme of survival and the fight for existence
- Exploration of human passions and instincts

Date of publication: 23 October 2024
Last updated: 6 November 2024
———The Belly of Paris
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Genre: Classical literature