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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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