ZEPHYRIN, a worker on the farm of La Borderie. He laughed at the agricultural machinery introduced by Alexandre Hourdequin. La Terre.
ZIDORE, a youth of seventeen, who was an apprentice zinc-worker. He was Coupeau’s assistant at one time. L’Assommoir.
ZIZI, the pet name given by Nana to Georges Hugon. Nana.
ZOE, waiting-maid in the employment of Nana. She was entirely in Nana’s confidence, and was always ready with shrewd advice, though there is no doubt she arranged matters so that a great deal of money came into her own hands. She ultimately took over the establishment of La Tricon, which she had long coveted, and, having large ideas, proposed to extend the business by renting a larger house. Nana.
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ARROMANCHES, a small town on the Normandy coast, not far from Caen. It is about six miles from Bonneville, the scene of La Joie de Vivre.
ARTAUD (LES), a small village a few miles from Plassans (q.v.). Abbe Mouret was its priest during the events related in La Faute de l’Abbe Mouret.
ASSOMMOIR (Pere Colombe’s) was situated at the corner of Rue des Poissonniers and Boulevard de Rochechouart, which is a continuation of Boulevard de Clichy, in the northern district of Paris. L’Assommoir.
AUGUSTIN (RUE NEUVE SAINT), a street which joins the Avenue de l’Opera a short distance from the Opera House. It is intersected by Rue Michodiere, at the corner of which is situated Octave Mouret’s great drapery establishment, known as “Au Bonheur des Dames.” Au Bonheur des Dames.