Nana opens in 1867, the year of the World Fair, when Paris,thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was a perfect target for Zola'sscathing denunciation of hypocrisy and fin-de-siecle moralcorruption. In this new translation, the fate of Nana--the Helen ofTroy of the second Empire, and daughter of the laundress inL'Assommoir--is now rendered in racy, stylish English. --Thistext refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of thistitle.
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