Nana by Émile Zola (1880)

A beautiful, talentless actress rises from the Paris slums to become the most desired courtesan of the Second Empire, destroying every man who falls under her spell. Zola's explosive novel about sex, power, and the corruption of an empire.

Historical Significance:
Published in 1880, Nana was the ninth novel in Zola's twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle, which traced heredity and environment across five generations of two French families. Nana — daughter of the alco...

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