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New York. 1942. August 1942. Pocket Books. 8th Paperback Printing. Small Piece Missing From Front Top Corner & Small Piece Missing Front The Bottom Spine, Otherwise Very Good in Wrappers. Translated from the French. 492 pages. paperback. 104. keywords: Europe French Translated 19th Century Vintage Paprback World Literature. DESCRIPTION-OF ALL LITERATURE'S GREAT COURTESANS. Salome-Sappho-Thais-the one glamorous figure at the head of the scarlet list is Emile Zola's magnificent creation, the immortal Nana! Rich men left their fortunes, their titles, their very honor at her feet-poor men left their love and even their lives. A whole world of shameless luxury surrounded her voluptuous person-she squandered fortunes, ruined lives with sublime contempt and abandon-yet her last disease-ridden days were spent amidst squalor and oblivion in striking contrast to the careless splendor in which she once flaunted her reign over Parisian society. No one who saw the matchless screen portrayal of Emile Zola by Mr. Paul Muni should miss reading this masterpiece of the greatest French realist of modern times. This Pocket BOOK edition is complete, unexpurgated, translated from the original French. inventory #30837.

1942 printing of original 1941 mass market paperback (no. 104). Cover somewhat worn and lightly creased, but still very attractive. No marks. Binding sound but probably brittle due to age so should be handled very gently. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.

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Mass market paperback, light scuffing on cover else interior VG. unmarked. 412 pp. The story of a French courtesan. The French novelist's classic study of a prostitute's dissolute existence and spiritual disintegration reflects his concern with the influence of heredity and environment. New introduction by Henri Peyre.

4X7. First collier books edition 1962, softcover with wear and fading, some pencil markings to front cover; pages 97-112 uncut; creasing and rubbing to spine covers; some staining to front cover; book price on front cover 66 cents; with a new introduction by Henri Peyre; The powerful, uncompromsisng and unsurpassed story of a French courtesan _PAB_

xxvi, 409 p., [35] leaves of plates: ill. (some col. ); 29 cm. Heritage Press. Hardcover in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Stated first print. Some cover, corner, crease. Pages very good. Classic cover art. Nana opens in 1867, the year of the World Fair, when Paris, thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was la Ville Lumiere, a perfect victim for Zola's scathing denunciation of hypocrisy and fin-de-siecle moral corruption. The fate of Nana, the Helen of Troy of the Second Empire, and daughter of the laundress in L'Assommoir, reduced Flaubert to almost inarticulate gasps of admiration: 'Chapter 14, unsurpassable! ...Yes! ...Christ Almighty! ...Incomparable...Straight out of Babylon! ' Boulevard society is presented with painstaking attention to detail, and Zola's documentation of the contemporary...489 pages. Stamp inside cover.

Pictorial cloth boards are aging, spinecover tanned. Prior owner name stamped on feb. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. This large book will require extra shipping charges for Priority or International shipping.