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Pocket Books Editon # 104 Published May 1941
17th printing August 1947
Nana follows Anna Coupeau, who rises from the Paris slums to captivate the city as a mesmerizing yet untalented stage beauty. Her allure draws nobles, bankers, and youths into ruin, each falling to her appetite for luxury, until disease brings a stark, ironic end amid a nation at war.When the voluptuous blonde Nana stands on the stage of the Paris variety theater, everyone feels she doesn't have a spark of talent. But that doesn't matter, because she has something else ... Nana, the child from the gutter, daughter of a laundress, endowed with great sensual charms, rises to become the most sought-after courtesan in Parisian society. She becomes an idol whom men throw themselves at their feet. Bankers sacrifice an entire fortune to her, aristocrats her dignity, young men take their own lives because of her. Nana, in her boundless greed and extravagance, strides over her unmoved, beautiful as a swamp flower, symbol of a declining era.Classics-19th Century Literature-France-French Literature-Novels-Romance- History-Paris6.4 in X 4.2 in X .6 in7 oz
