Nana
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Published:
Modern Lib, 1928.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
545 pages ; 19 cm.
Lexile measure:
1060L
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Nana, by Emile Zola, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: - New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars - Biographies of the authors - Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events - Footnotes and endnotes - Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work - Comments by other famous authors - Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations - Bibliographies for further reading - Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works. One of the founders of literary naturalism, Émile Zola thought of his novels as a form of scientific research into the effects of heredity and environment. He created characters, gave them richly detailed histories, and placed them in carefully observed, precisely described environments, and his readers watch as they wriggle and thrash toward their inevitable destinies. In Nana, the characters are a prostitute, who rises from the streets to become what Zola calls a "high-class cocotte," and the men-and women-whom she loves, betrays, and destroys. Among the novel's many ironies is the mutual envy felt by Nana and those around her. She yearns for their material possessions, while they admire her apparent independence and sexual self-confidence. And despite the chaos Nana causes, Zola imagines her as being essentially "good-natured," a stupid, vain but beautiful creature who can't help drawing people into her web. Not surprisingly, Nana's portrait of a decadent world in which a prostitute amasses great wealth and power provoked protests from "polite society," and it became one of Zola's most controversial works. Today it is regarded as his masterpiece. Luc Sante is the author of Low Life, Evidence, and The Factory of Facts and coeditor, with Melissa Holbrook Pierson, of O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Movie Actors.
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Language:
English
Lexile measure:
1060
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APA Citation (style guide)

Zola, Ã. (1928). Nana. Modern Lib.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902. 1928. Nana. Modern Lib.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, Nana. Modern Lib, 1928.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Zola, Émile. Nana. Modern Lib, 1928.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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