The Rush for the Spoil (La Curee) (Paperback)

from Smiler69

The second book of Zola's Rougon-Macquart series deals with Aristide Rougon's vertiginous rise to wealth and prestige during the 1860s. Aristide, the son of Pierre Rougon and his wife Félicité was introduced in the first novel as a bumbling journalist intent on siding with the doomed cause of the...

from Poquette

The Kill is the second novel in Zola's twenty-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle, which is essentially a family saga that follows three branches of the Rougon-Macquarts through the period of France's Second Empire beginning with the coup d'état of Napoleon III in 1852 and ending with collapse of the em...

from slickdpdx

A trashy story masterfully told.

from Dreesie

Taking place during the second empire, The Kill chronicles the over-the-top lifestyle of Aristide Saccard (was Rougon), his wife Renee, and his son Maxime (approx 8 yrs younger than his stepmother).Aristide has made his fortune with a touch of help from his brother the minister, who came to Paris...

from cindywho

Lovely descriptions of the excesses of the nouveau riche in 19th century Paris.