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Coupeau
Zinc roofer (zingueur)
Gervaise's husband in L'Assommoir. A decent, hard-working roofer when she marries him, Coupeau falls from a rooftop and never truly recovers — physically or morally. He slides into alcoholism and drags Gervaise with him. His death from delirium tremens in the Sainte-Anne asylum is one of Zola's most harrowing scenes.
Mari de Gervaise dans L'Assommoir. Zingueur honnête au départ, il sombre dans l'alcoolisme après une chute et entraîne Gervaise avec lui.
Good-natured and broad-shouldered in his youth; later slack-faced and trembling, the alcohol consuming him visibly.
Good-natured and broad-shouldered in his youth; later slack-faced and trembling, the alcohol consuming him visibly.
Family & Relationships
- Partner Gervaise Macquart
- Parent Nana