Nana
$23.60
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
31 October 1972
Summary
One of the greatest of the Rougon-Macquart series, Zola’s prostitute represents the destructiveness of a corrupt and decaying society.
Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Théâtre des Variétés. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight as the most famous high-class prostitute of her day. Rich men, Counts and Marquises fall at her feet, great ladies try to emulate her appearance, lovers even kill themselves for…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140442632 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140442634 |
| Author: | Émile Zola, George Holden |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 October 1972 |
| Weight: | 351g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Émile Zola
Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. His principal work, Les Rougon-Macquart, is a panorama of mid-19th century French life, in a cycle of 20 novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years.
George Holden is a known translator.
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