# Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

An audiobook by Émile Zola, read by LibriVox volunteers (13 h 33 min, English).

Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (once Aristide Rougon) and his family, who come to Paris during the Second Empire, and "make a killing", as they say, in land speculation. - Summary by Mark Leder

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