Nana

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naturalist novel novel

Nana is an 1880 naturalist novel by Émile Zola that follows the rise and fall of a Parisian courtesan as a critique of Second Empire society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naturalist novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs Nana (1926 film) ⓘ
Nana (1934 film) ⓘ
Nana (1981 TV series) ⓘ
Nana (opera by Manfred Gurlitt) ⓘ
author Émile Zola ⓘ
censorshipStatus subject to moral criticism and attempted censorship ⓘ
character Count Muffat ⓘ
Fauchery ⓘ
Fontan ⓘ
Georges Hugon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louiset ⓘ
Philippe Hugon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rose Mignon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticalReception controversial at time of publication ⓘ
firstBookEditionYear 1880 ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Le Voltaire ⓘ
followedBy Pot-Bouille ⓘ
genre psychological novel ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasISBNOfModernEdition 9780140442630 ⓘ
influencedBy Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
scientific determinism ⓘ
literaryMovement Naturalism ⓘ
literaryTheme class and social hypocrisy ⓘ
corruption and decadence ⓘ
critique of Second Empire society ⓘ
determinism and heredity ⓘ
sexuality and power ⓘ
mainCharacter Nana Coupeau ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient ⓘ
notableScene opening at the Théâtre des Variétés ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOfSeries Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
precededBy Les Rougon-Macquart ⓘ
surface form: L’Assommoir
protagonistOccupation courtesan ⓘ
publicationYear 1880 ⓘ
publisher Charpentier ⓘ
seriesNumberInLesRougonMacquart 9 ⓘ
setInCity Paris ⓘ
setInPeriod Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form: Second French Empire
timePeriodOfNarrative Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
surface form: Franco-Prussian War era

late 1860s ⓘ

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