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Nana

Nana

Hardcover

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1025858328
ISBN13: 9781025858326
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 544
Weight: 2.06
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Nana is a masterpiece of naturalism and one of the most provocative installments in Emile Zola's monumental Les Rougon-Macquart cycle. The novel follows the meteoric rise of Nana, a beautiful streetwalker turned stage actress and high-class courtesan who becomes the obsession of the Parisian elite. Set against the backdrop of the Second Empire's moral decay, Zola portrays Nana as a destructive force of nature-the golden fly who emerges from the gutters to infect and ruin the aristocratic men who succumb to her charms.

Through vivid imagery and uncompromising realism, the narrative explores the intersections of sex, power, and class. Zola masterfully depicts the opulence of the theater and the private salons of Paris alongside the stark brutality of poverty. As the empire teeters on the brink of collapse, Nana's own journey mirrors the systemic corruption of a society destined for ruin. A powerful critique of social hypocrisy and human instinct, Nana remains a cornerstone of 19th-century literature and a compelling portrait of a woman who dominated an era.

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