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Money
Émile Zola
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Description for Money
Paperback. Money centres on the figure of Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, and his unscrupulous money-making schemes. His story intertwines the worlds of politics, finance, and the press, and resonates disturbingly with our own times. This is the first new translation for more than a hundred years, and the first unabridged translation in English. Translator(s): Minogue, Valerie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
'The irresistible power of money, a lever that can lift the world. Love and money are the only things.' Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he schemes and manipulates his way to power. Financial undertakings in the Middle East lead to the establishment of a powerful new bank and speculation on the stock market; Saccard meanwhile conducts his love life as energetically as he does his business, and his empire is seemingly unstoppable. Saccard, last encountered in The ... Read more
'The irresistible power of money, a lever that can lift the world. Love and money are the only things.' Aristide Rougon, known as Saccard, is a failed property speculator determined to make his way once more in Paris. Unscrupulous, seductive, and with unbounded ambition, he schemes and manipulates his way to power. Financial undertakings in the Middle East lead to the establishment of a powerful new bank and speculation on the stock market; Saccard meanwhile conducts his love life as energetically as he does his business, and his empire is seemingly unstoppable. Saccard, last encountered in The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199608379
SKU
V9780199608379
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About Émile Zola
Valerie Minogue has taught at the universities of Cardiff, Queen Mary, London, and Swansea. She is co-founder of Romance Studies and has been President of the Émile Zola Society, London, since 2005.
Reviews for Money
this superb translation ... pulls off the rare double feat of fidelity and fluency.
Alison Finch, Emile Zola Society Bulletin
Much praise to OUP for bringing out this excellent translation by Valerie Minogue, complete with an informative introduction and notes.
Shiny New Books
I was justifiably excited by this new translation of Emile Zola's novel Money ... Read more
Alison Finch, Emile Zola Society Bulletin
Much praise to OUP for bringing out this excellent translation by Valerie Minogue, complete with an informative introduction and notes.
Shiny New Books
I was justifiably excited by this new translation of Emile Zola's novel Money ... Read more