Renée Saccard

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Renée Saccard is a central figure in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart cycle, depicted as a decadent and tragic Parisian socialite whose life reflects the moral corruption of Second Empire high society.

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Renée Saccard canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn La Curée ⓘ
authorNationality French ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide (implied/interpretive) ⓘ
characterTrait decadent ⓘ
emotionally fragile ⓘ
sensual ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
createdBy Émile Zola ⓘ
death dies in La Curée ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
surface form: Rougon-Macquart cycle
firstPublicationOfWork 1871 ⓘ
genre realist novel ⓘ
introducedIn La Curée ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
literaryMovement Naturalism ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodiment of moral corruption of Second Empire high society ⓘ
partOf Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
relatedSeries Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
surface form: Les Rougon-Macquart: Histoire naturelle et sociale d’une famille sous le Second Empire
relatedWork La Curée ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
socialClass Parisian high society ⓘ
spouse Aristide Saccard ⓘ
stepMotherOf Aristide Saccard ⓘ
surface form: Maxime Saccard
symbolizes corrupting power of money ⓘ
decadence of Second Empire aristocracy ⓘ
themeAssociated adultery ⓘ
boredom and ennui ⓘ
incestuous desire ⓘ
moral corruption ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
speculation and financial excess ⓘ
timePeriod Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire

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La Curée → mainCharacter → Renée Saccard ⓘ