The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic Novel by Émile Zola
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"The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic Novel" by Émile Zola is a novel serialized from 1871 to 1872. Set against Baron Haussmann's reconstruction of Paris, it follows Aristide Saccard, who exploits insider information about property demolitions to amass a fortune. His marriage to wealthy Renée is purely transactional, but when she begins an affair with his son Maxime, a dangerous triangle emerges. Zola crafts a scathing portrait of Second
Empire excess, greed, and moral decay among Paris's nouveau riche. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 |
|---|---|
| Author of introduction, etc. | Moore, George, 1852-1933 |
| Translator | Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred, 1853-1922 |
| Title | The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic Novel |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cur%C3%A9e |
| Credits | Clare Graham and Marc D'Hooghe |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 56590 |
| Release Date | Feb 17, 2018 |
| Last Update | May 10, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 688 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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