Rougon-Macquart
21 books in seriesThe Kill (La Curee) Summary

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Book 2
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The Kill (La Curee)
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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Émile Zola's The Kill is one part of the French author's 20-volume series about the fictitious Rougon-Macquart family during the Second French Empire, and it is rich with symbolism. Paris is awakening to unprecedented expansion, the future intoxicating, and in keeping with its penchant for excess, the aristocracy is caught up in the mad dash to devour as much of it as it can.
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The Kill (La Curee)
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 15-12-16
- Language: English
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Book 3
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The Belly of Paris
- By: Émile Zola, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (translator)
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
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Although it is little known in this country, The Belly of Paris is considered one of Émile Zola’s best novels. Set in the newly built food markets of Paris, it is a story of wealth and poverty set against a sumptuous banquet of food and commerce. Having just escaped from prison after being wrongfully accused, young Florent arrives at Paris’ food market, Les Halles, half starved, surrounded by all he can’t have, and indignant at his world, which he now knows to be unjust. He finds that the city’s working classes have been displaced to make way for bigger streets and bourgeois living quarters, so he settles in with his brother’s family.
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Wonderful book badly read
- By Nicholas on 06-08-16
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The Belly of Paris
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 20-10-12
- Language: English
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Book 7
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The Gin Palace
- By: Emile Zola
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Abandoned by her lover and left to bring up their two children alone, Gervaise Macquart has to fight to earn an honest living. When she accepts the marriage proposal of Monsieur Coupeau, it seems as though she is on the path to a decent, respectable life at last. But with her husband's drinking and the unexpected appearance of a figure from her past, Gervaise's plans begin to unravel tragically.
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dreadful narrator
- By Ruth on 07-10-12
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The Gin Palace
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 07-12-06
- Language: English
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Book 8
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Book 9
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Nana
- By: Emile Zola
- Narrated by: Walter Zimmerman
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
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Emile Zola, along with fellow novelists Honoré de Balzac and Gustave Flaubert, was an early realist in French literature. In novels such as Flaubert's Madame Bovary and Zola's Nana, sex and violence were examined with vivid clarity. These realists soon adopted the word naturalism to describe their writings.
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Excellent
- By Damian on 01-03-09
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Nana
- Narrated by: Walter Zimmerman
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 07-03-05
- Language: English
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Book 10
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Book 11
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The Ladies' Paradise
- By: Emile Zola
- Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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Country girl Denise Baudu arrives in Paris hoping for a position in her uncle's clothing shop. However, her uncle's shop, along with other small shops in the area, is doing poorly. This is due to the large store across the street - The Ladies' Paradise - which is swallowing up the small specialty stores by offering 'one-stop shopping' at discounted prices. 19th Century Paris is experiencing the dawn of the department store. Despite her loyalty to her uncle, Denise is drawn to the progressive Ladies' Paradise and it's owner, the driven but charismatic Monsieur Mouret.
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Dreadful
- By Tracy and Lindsay on 19-12-20
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The Ladies' Paradise
- Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 24-12-13
- Language: English
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Book 13
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Germinal
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
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Germinal is one of the most striking novels in the French tradition. Widely regarded as Zola's masterpiece, the novel describes the working conditions of French coalminers in the 1860s in harsh and realistic terms. It is visceral, graphic, and unrelenting. Its strong socialist principles and vivid accounts of the miners' strikes meant that the novel became a key symbol in the workers' fight against oppression, with chants of "Germinal! Germinal!" resonating high above the author's funeral.
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"A shuddering volcano"
- By Rachel Redford on 04-08-15
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Germinal
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 22-05-15
- Language: English
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Germinal
- By: Emile Zola
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
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A father and three of his seven children work brutal hours in a mine, facing hazards such as landslides, fire, and poisoned air, to scrape together enough money for food. When their lodger, Étienne, shares ideas about a workers' revolt, the family gradually embraces his plans. Soon the settlement is aflame with resolve to strike for better wages and working conditions. Savage and horrifying events ensue as miners clash with management and with each other.
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Narrator spoils it
- By Alan on 10-11-09
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Germinal
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 02-11-06
- Language: English
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Book 16
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Book 17
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Book 18
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Money
- By: Émile Zola, Valerie Minogue (translator)
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
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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.
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Money
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 13-08-14
- Language: English
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Book 19