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.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
naturalist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Émile Zola ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts |
Parisian high society
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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
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realist novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Haussmannization of Paris ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Naturalism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | key work of French Naturalism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
detailed social observation
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naturalist description ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aristide Saccard
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Aristide Saccard ⓘ
surface form:
Maxime Saccard
Renée Saccard ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
bourgeois society
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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
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surface form:
Rougon-Macquart family
|
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| settingCity | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Second Empire of France
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surface form:
Second French Empire
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| titleMeaning | the quarry from a hunt ⓘ |
| workIn |
Les Rougon-Macquart
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surface form:
Les Rougon-Macquart: Histoire naturelle et sociale d’une famille sous le Second Empire
|
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