Author: Zola, Émile

Brand: Penguin

Color: Black

Binding: Paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 200

Release Date: 01-09-1972

Part Number: 9780140442632

Details: 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, Comtes and Marquises fall at her feet, great ladies try to emulate her appearance, lovers even kill themselves for her. Nana's hedonistic appetite for luxury and decadent pleasures knows no bounds - until, eventually, it consumes her. Nana provoked outrage on its publication in 1880, with its heroine damned as 'the most crude and bestial sort of whore', yes the language of the novel makes Nana almost a mythical figure: a destructive force preying on a corrupt society.

EAN: 9780140442632

Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches

Languages: English, French