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The Kill By Emile Zola (Paperback, 2009)
'It was the time when the rush for spoils filled a corner of the forest with the yelping of hounds the cracking of whips the flaring of torches The appetites let loose were satisfied at last shamelessly amid the sound of crumbling neighbourhoods and fortunes made in six months The city had become an orgy of gold and women' The Kill (La Curee) is the second volume in Zola's great cycle of twenty novels Les Rougon-Macquart and the first to establish Paris - the capital of modernity - as the centre of Zola's narrative world Conceived as a representation of the uncontrollable 'appetites' unleashed by the Second Empire (1852-70) and the transformation of the city by Baron Haussmann the novel combines into a single powerful vision the twin themes of lust for money and lust for pleasure The
all-pervading promiscuity of the new Paris is reflected in the dissolute and frenetic lives of an unscrupulous property speculator Saccard his neurotic wife Renee and her dandified lover Saccard's son Maxime ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more
all-pervading promiscuity of the new Paris is reflected in the dissolute and frenetic lives of an unscrupulous property speculator Saccard his neurotic wife Renee and her dandified lover Saccard's son Maxime ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more
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