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L' argent

L' argent

by Émile Zola, Ernest Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

1891French dramaMoney in literatureContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)FictionBanks and banking
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Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he schemes and manipulates his way to power. Financial undertakings in the Middle East lead to the establishment of a powerful new bank and speculation on the stock market; Saccard meanwhile conducts his love life as energetically as he does his business, and his empire is seemingly unstoppable. Saccard, last encountered in The Kill (La Curée) in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, is a complex figure whose story intricately intertwines the worlds of politics, finance, and the press. The repercussions of his dealings on all levels of society resonate disturbingly with the financial scandals of more recent times. This is the first new translation for more than a hundred years, and the first unabridged translation in English. The edition includes a wide-ranging introduction and useful historical notes. - Back cover.

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French dramaMoney in literatureContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)FictionBanks and bankingHistory
First published 1891

About the author

Émile Zola
Émile Zola

2 April 1840 – 28 September 1902

Emile Zola was a French journalist and novelist known for his series of 20 novels known collectively as Les Rougon-Macquart (1871-93). Zola's style was called literary naturalism; his novels were attacked and even banned for their frankness and sordid detail, and caused quite a bit of controversy in their day. The same traits made him a best-selling author and a star of French literature in his day. In 1898 he then further incurred the wrath of French officials when he published the open letter "J'Accuse," in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, an Army officer who had been convicted of treason. Zola was sentenced to prison for libel, fled to England, and was granted amnesty a few months later. He die…

Authors

Émile Zola, Ernest Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

First published

1891

Pages

445

Read time

≈ 11h

Editions

56

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Publisher

Independently Published

ISBN

9781496172693

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