Nana

Author: Zola
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Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Nana, this frivolous girl, appeared on stage with great boldness. Her round shoulders, full breasts, wide hips swaying from side to side, and the lustful aura radiating from her body, tempted countless nobles and aristocrats, corrupting the entire upper class of Paris. Nana, this girl of vengeance, destroyed the men she hated as a means of revenge, until her own destruction...... “Nana is a masterpiece; Nana became an eternal, real myth.” Nana is an important work in the world-renowned series The Rougon-Macquart Family, created by the famous 19th-century French writer émile Zola between 1871 and 1893. The protagonist, Nana, is an abandoned illegitimate daughter who once wandered the streets, became a prostitute, and later rose to fame as an actress after performing in The Golden Venus, becoming a plaything for the nobles and aristocrats of Parisian high society. She lives life carelessly, sells her body, and navigates among her pursuers, draining their wealth in the process, as a way to take revenge on societal injustice. In the end, she cannot escape her tragic fate.