La Curée

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La Curée is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores greed, corruption, and moral decay among Parisian high society during France’s Second Empire.

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instanceOf naturalist novel
novel
author Émile Zola
countryOfOrigin France
depicts Parisian high society
financial speculation in real estate
urban transformation of Paris
explores effects of wealth on morality
intersection of politics and finance
sexual transgression
followedBy Le Ventre de Paris
genre fiction
realist novel
hasAdaptation film adaptations
stage adaptations
historicalContext Haussmannization of Paris
languageOfTitle French
literaryMovement Naturalism
literarySignificance key work of French Naturalism
literaryTechnique detailed social observation
naturalist description
mainCharacter Aristide Saccard
Aristide Saccard
surface form: Maxime Saccard

Renée Saccard
mainTheme bourgeois society
corruption
greed
moral decay
speculation
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage French
partOfSeries Les Rougon-Macquart
prequel La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret
surface form: La Fortune des Rougon
protagonistFamily Les Rougon-Macquart
surface form: Rougon-Macquart family
publicationCentury 19th century
seriesNumber 2
settingCity Paris
settingPeriod Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
titleMeaning the quarry from a hunt
workIn Les Rougon-Macquart
surface form: Les Rougon-Macquart: Histoire naturelle et sociale d’une famille sous le Second Empire

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