[Pocket Edition] World Literature Masterpieces Library - Nana

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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Nana is an important work by the renowned 19th-century French writer émile Zola, created between 1871 and 1893. It is part of the world-famous Lourdes-Macquart series, a collection of 20 long novels. The protagonist, Nana, is an abandoned illegitimate daughter who once roamed the streets, became a prostitute, and later rose to fame as an actress for her role in The Golden Venus. She became a plaything for the aristocrats and nobles of Parisian high society. She lives a hedonistic life, selling her charms and manipulating her pursuers, draining their wealth to take revenge on societal injustice. In the end, she cannot escape her tragic fate. Nana is one of the most famous five long novels in émile Zola's 20 naturalist family history novels, Lourdes-Macquart. The novel depicts the rise and fall of a young, frivolous, and extravagant prostitute, Nana, in her short life, vividly portraying the incredulous debauchery and moral decay of the upper class in the Second Empire period of France. It foreshadows the decline and fall of the Second Empire.