CliffsNotes on Zola's Nana

✍ Scribed by James L. Roberts

• Publisher: Cliffs Notes
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 41
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Zola's heroine Nana is a prostitute in Napoleon III's France for whom rich men give up their fortunes, and poor men their lives, yet Nana squanders fortunes and her life ends in squalor.This concise supplement to Emile Zola's Nana helps students understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author.

✦ Table of Contents

A BRIEF SYNOPSIS......Page 4
LIST OF CHARACTERS......Page 6
CHAPTER 1......Page 8
CHAPTER 2......Page 11
CHAPTER 3......Page 13
CHAPTER 4......Page 15
CHAPTER 5......Page 17
CHAPTER 6......Page 19
CHAPTER 7......Page 22
CHAPTER 8......Page 24
CHAPTER 9......Page 26
CHAPTER 10......Page 28
CHAPTER 11......Page 30
CHAPTER 12......Page 31
CHAPTER 13......Page 33
CHAPTER 14......Page 36
CHARACTER ANALYSES......Page 37
CRITICAL ESSAYS......Page 38
ESSAY TOPICS AND REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 40
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 41