# The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic Novel

By Émile Zola.

"The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée): A Realistic Novel" by Émile Zola is a novel serialized from 1871 to 1872. Set against Baron Haussmann's reconstruction of Paris, it follows Aristide Saccard, who exploits insider information about property demolitions to amass a fortune. His marriage to wealthy Renée is purely transactional, but when she begins an affair with his son Maxime, a dangerous triangle emerges. Zola crafts a scathing portrait of Second Empire excess, greed, and moral decay among Paris's nouveau riche. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Author of introduction, etc.: George Moore
- Translator: Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
- Subjects: Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/20308) by Émile Zola (13 h 33 min, English)

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