Nana

Synopsis

'she was the golden beast, an unconscious force, the very scent of her could bring the world to ruin. 'nana, daughter of a drunk and a laundress, is the helen of troy of paris. A sexually magnetic high-class prostitute and actress, she becomes a celebrity, rapidly conquering society, ruining all men who fall under her spell -- especially count muffat, chamberlain to the empress. Nana herself meets a terrible fate, consumed by her own dissipation and extravagance, just as the disastrous war with prussia is declared. Nana is the ninth instalment in the twenty volume rougon-macquart series.