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Money

Yazan: Émile Zola, Valerie Minogue - translator
Seslendiren: Napoleon Ryan
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The irresistible power of money, a lever that can lift the world. Love and money are the only things.

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.

Saccard, last encountered in The Kill (La Curée) in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, is a complex figure whose story intricately intertwines the worlds of politics, finance, and the press. The repercussions of his dealings on all levels of society resonate disturbingly with the financial scandals of more recent times. This is the first new translation for more than 100 years, and the first unabridged translation in English. The edition includes a wide-ranging introduction and useful historical notes.

©2014 Valerie Minogue (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literary History & Criticism Thriller & Suspense Kurgu Para Orta Çağ Rusya
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The story is wonderful. The narrator unfortunately chose to play a leading character with a voice and accent which falls into blatantly antisemitic stereotyping. This approach is outdated and is purely racist.

Brilliant story unfortunately marred by racist narration

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Émile Zola is addictive, particularly in the Rougon-Macquart tome. All are vaguely linked by distant family relationships but thankfully can all be read as standalone novels in any order.

For lovers of financial fiction this is an ideal candidate. Focusing on the unregulated and corrupt stock markets of the 19th century and the murky peripheral activities of the crooks & shysters feeding on the back of them. Dreams & ideals destroyed by greed, backstabbing revenge, debauchery and egotism.

Zola packs his stories with a huge number of characters that you would be lost without a clear distinction in voice & accent. Credit to the adept narration of Leighton Pugh who has pulled it off with a widely distinct character range.

Zola's characters are more realistic than Dickens, with better depth and whilst less cartoonish, they are just as grotesque.

Brilliant: Great Financial + Historical Fiction

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Thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful story, so what has changed in 150 years? The picture of greed, depravity, misplaced philanthropy, misadventure, stupidity amidst the backgound of 19th Century Paris brings us close to the characters and all there human frailty.

The book to read when week Credit Suisse collapses

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