The Popularity of Department Stores in Late-Nineteenth-Century Europe Prompted the French

question 26

Multiple Choice

The popularity of department stores in late-nineteenth-century Europe prompted the French writer Émile Zola to call them

• A)"a harbinger of things to come."
• B)"the eighth wonder of the world."
• C)"what progress is all about."
• D)"cathedrals of modernity."
• E)"the face of the future."

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