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The Rush for the Spoil (Hardcover)
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The Rush for the Spoil (Hardcover)
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The Rush for the Spoil (1872) is a novel by French author Emile
Zola. The second of twenty volumes of Zola's monumental Les
Rougon-Macquart series is an epic story of family, politics, class,
and history that traces the disparate paths of several French
citizens raised by the same mother. Spanning the entirety of the
French Second Empire, Zola provides a sweeping portrait of change
that refuses to shy away from controversy and truth as it gets to
the heart of heredity and human nature. Aristide Saccard is the son
of Pierre Rougon, a man born into poverty who rose through vanity
and shear opportunism to a position of power in the France of
Napoleon III. After a rakish youth, Aristide promises his brother
Eugene, a prominent politician, that he will make his way in the
world under a different surname. Destined for failure, he manages
to gain funding for a scheme involving the purchase of homes
destined for demolition. Collecting government compensation for
each property, Aristide turns a handsome profit and eventually
becomes one of the richest men in Paris. When his wife becomes
terminally ill, he decides to sacrifice the last of his morality by
marrying a wealthy pregnant woman, whose father has promised an
immense dowry. As the years go by, his fragmented family suffers
under the weight of their father's impropriety, illuminating the
hypocrisy and obscenity of wealth in nineteenth century France. The
Rush for the Spoil is a story of family and fate, a thrilling and
detailed novel that continues a series rich enough for its author
to explore in twenty total volumes. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Emile
Zola's The Rush for the Spoil is a classic work of French
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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