![]() But when he falls in love with the innocent Denise Baudu, he discovers she is the only one of the salesgirls who refuses to be commodified. In his private life as much as in business he is the great seducer. Octave Mouret, the store's owner-manager, masterfully exploits the desires of his female customers. ![]() The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. The Ladies' Paradise ( Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public Health.The European Society of Cardiology Series. ![]() Oxford Commentaries on International Law. ![]()
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