![]() ![]() At the same time, it’s a wonderful piece of pulp fiction. The book offers serious commentary on the decadence and decay of Parisian society in the late nineteenth century. At one point Zola says it were as if the entire economy of France had passed between her legs. A series of men from various levels of social status become involved with Nana, and the only way to satisfy their lustful obsession with her is to rid themselves of every drop of money and every shred of dignity. Nana makes Madame Bovary look like Mother Teresa. Part of the fun of reading this book is to imagine how shocked the audience of Zola’s time must have been when they first read this novel. ![]() Nana chronicles the rise of the title character from lowly street girl to a queen of the whores in Second Empire Paris. Biting cultural criticism dressed up in naughty lingerie ![]()
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