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Language: English
Author(s): Émile Zola,
Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, General Fiction, Historical Fiction,
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Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (once Aristide Rougon) and his family, who come to Paris during the Second Empire, and "make a killing", as they say, in land speculation. - Summary by Mark Leder