rochechoumart

Updated: May 4, 2025

She looked to the right toward the Boulevard de Rochechoumart, where groups of butchers stood with their bloody frocks before their establishments, and the fresh breeze brought in whiffs, a strong animal smell the smell of slaughtered cattle. She looked to the left, following the ribbonlike avenue, past the Hospital de Lariboisiere, then building.

Émile Zola - L'Assommoir

Gervaise wore her silk dress, and she smiled as they walked down the street in alternate shadow and light from the shopwindows. The cafe concert was on the Boulevard de Rochechoumart. It had once been a cafe and had had a concert room built on of rough planks. Over the door was a row of glass globes brilliantly illuminated.

Émile Zola - L'Assommoir