Product Description

Ever since this morning people have been dreeing me with Nana. I've met more than twenty people, and it's Nana here and Nana there! What do I know? Am I acquainted with all the light ladies in Paris? Nana is an invention of Bordenave's! It must be a fine one!"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1136247 in Books
• Published on: 1970-01-01
• Released on: 1977-09-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 500 pages

From Library Journal
This rather risque novel?for 1880 that is?tells the story of ruthless protagonist Nana's rise from the gutter to the height of Parisian society. The book's heavy allusion to sexual favors caused it to be denounced as pornography upon publication, which, of course, made it a big hit.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
'Douglas Parmee's translation of Nana is another thoroughly researched and highly crafted job which has caught the raciness of the original. It has a substantial Introduction which evokes in fine detail the flashy, pleasure-loving society of the Second Empire.' Joy Newton, University of Glasgow, French Studies, Vol. 47, Part 3

'Three Classic tales of sexual passion, perversion, and corruption have been added to the rapidly increasing World's Classics collection, whose repertoire of nineteenth-century French novels is now impressive. The price and format of these volumes make them an obvious choice for the reader approaching them in translation, the more so since each is accompanied by a helpful general introduction ... the reader is likely to get better vaqlue here than from other translation currently in print.' Timothy Unwin, University of Western Australia, MLR, 89./2, 1994

Ingram
The story of Nana, a child of the Parisian slums, actress, and courtesan who uses her sexuality to amass great wealth and ruin her lovers, offers a shattering portrait of decadence among the wealthy and powerful of nineteenth-century France. Reissue.