Aristide Saccard

E353714

fictional character literary character stock market speculator

Aristide Saccard is a ruthless, ambitious speculator in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, emblematic of the greed and moral corruption of Second Empire Paris.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aristide Saccard canonical	3
Maxime Saccard	2
Aristide	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ stock market speculator ⓘ
appearsIn	La Curée ⓘ L’Argent ⓘ novels set in Paris ⓘ
associatedWith	Haussmannization of Paris ⓘ Paris real estate boom ⓘ
belongsToFamily	Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ surface form: Rougon-Macquart family
birthName	Aristide Rougon ⓘ
centralCharacterIn	L’Argent ⓘ
characterTrait	ambitious ⓘ greedy ⓘ manipulative ⓘ ruthless ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Émile Zola ⓘ
familyName	Rougon ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire
gender	male ⓘ
historicalContext	Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire under Napoleon III
languageOfWork	French ⓘ
literaryMovement	naturalism ⓘ
literaryRole	emblematic figure of capitalist excess ⓘ vehicle for social criticism ⓘ
medium	novel ⓘ
nationality	French ⓘ
occupation	property developer ⓘ speculator ⓘ
partOf	Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
portrayedAs	financially unscrupulous ⓘ morally corrupt ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ
relative	Son Excellence Eugène Rougon ⓘ surface form: Eugène Rougon Pierre Rougon ⓘ Sidonie Rougon ⓘ
setIn	Paris ⓘ
symbolizes	financial speculation ⓘ greed of Second Empire Paris ⓘ moral corruption of Second Empire Paris ⓘ
themeInvolvement	corruption in high finance ⓘ social climbing ⓘ speculative bubbles ⓘ
usesAlias	Saccard ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La Curée → mainCharacter → Aristide Saccard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maxime Saccard

Aristide Briand → givenName → Aristide Saccard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aristide

L’Argent → protagonist → Aristide Saccard ⓘ

Renée Saccard → spouse → Aristide Saccard ⓘ

Renée Saccard → stepMotherOf → Aristide Saccard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maxime Saccard