Nana
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Nana

by Émile Zola

1880•Drama•469 pages

Taste attributes: dramahistoricalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringself destruction/implosionsocial commentaryinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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Boxlist takeMorally murky and stirring: a weighty novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

Overview: Prompted by his theories of heredity and environment, Zola set out to show Nana, "the golden fly", rising out of the underworld to feed on society--a predetermined product of her origins. Nana's latent destructiveness is mirrored in the Empire's, and they reflect each others' disintegration and final collapse in 1890.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaHistoricalSelf destruction/implosionSocial commentaryInjustice/tragedy/vengeance

Subjects

French fictionProstitution in fictionHamburg.ProstitueCall-girlYoung women in fictionYoung womenSocial conditions

Details

Author
Émile Zola
Published
1880
Pages
469
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