Nana
Nana by Emile Zola, published by Penguin Books on February 24, 1983, is presented in a Media Tie In edition with 472 pages. This novel opens in 1867, during the World Fair in Paris, a setting ripe for Zola’s critique of societal hypocrisy and moral decay. The story follows Nana, a character likened to the Helen of Troy of the second Empire, exploring her life as the daughter of a laundress from L’Assommoir.
Readers will encounter a vivid portrayal of Parisian life, where the cosmopolitan elite become the backdrop for Zola’s exploration of themes related to fiction and general societal issues. This new translation captures the essence of the original work in a racy and stylish manner, allowing contemporary audiences to engage with Zola’s incisive observations on the era’s moral landscape.
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Nana opens in 1867, the year of the World Fair, when Paris, thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was a perfect target for Zola’s scathing denunciation of hypocrisy and fin-de-siecle moral corruption. In this new translation, the fate of Nana—the Helen of Troy of the second Empire, and daughter of the laundress in L’Assommoir —is now rendered in racy, stylish English.
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