La Curée

Œuvres complètes – Les Rougon-Macquart, II

By (author) Émile Zola Series edited by Didier Alexandre Series edited by Philippe Hamon Series edited by Alain Pagès Series edited by Paolo Tortonese Volume editor Céline Grenaud-Tostain

Book cover: La Curée

Extent: 462 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Series: Classiques Jaunes

Series volume number: 844

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(June 2026)

ISBN: 9782406201175

4.57 x 7.28 inches

Price: $22.00

On back order

Saccard, the odious upstart, his wife Renée, a young and wealthy socialite, and his son Maxime, the “little fop,” are the perverted heralds of Napoleon III’s Paris. Beyond its naturalism, La Curée—“a true portrait of a society in collapse”—stands as a novel of modern mythology.


Saccard, the odious upstart, his wife Renée, a young and wealthy socialite, and his son Maxime, the “little fop,” are the perverted heralds of Napoleon III’s Paris. Beyond its naturalism, La Curée—“a true portrait of a society in collapse”—stands as a novel of modern mythology.

  • By (author) Émile Zola
  • Series edited by Didier Alexandre
  • Series edited by Philippe Hamon
  • Series edited by Alain Pagès
  • Series edited by Paolo Tortonese
  • Volume editor Céline Grenaud-Tostain