Nana by Emile Zola

Nana by Emile Zola

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Summary

In "Nana", Zola denounces the hypocrisy and moral corruption of fin-de-siecle Paris. It opens in 1876, the year of the World Fair, when Paris, thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was "la ville lumiere", and it describes the fate of Nana, the Helen of Troy of the Second Empire.

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Nana by Emile Zola

This new translation is an accurate and stylish rendering of Zola's original, which was first published in 1880. This book is intended for students of French literature, the European novel, comparative literature; French nineteenth-century history. Translated with an introduction by: Parmee, Douglas (retired Fellow, Queen's College, Cambridge);
From August Strindberg to Theodore Dreiser to Tom Wolfe, his work has affected them all. In 1902, he passed away.

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ISBN 13 9780192826749
ISBN 10 0192826743
Title Nana
Author Emile Zola
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1992-04-01
Number of pages 461
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.