The Kill by Émile Zola

The Kill

Les Rougon-Macquart #2

Émile Zola with Brian Nelson (Translator)

275 pages • first pub 1871 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional slow-paced
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The Kill (La Curée) is the second volume in Zola's great cycle of twenty novels, Les Rougon-Macquart, and the first to establish Paris - the capital of modernity - as the centre of Zola's narrative world. Conceived as a representation of the uncon...

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Community Reviews

3.81
based on 575 reviews

Moods

dark: 63%

reflective: 51%

emotional: 39%

sad: 35%

tense: 27%

challenging: 23%

informative: 14%

adventurous: 11%

mysterious: 4%

lighthearted: 2%

funny: 1%

inspiring: 1%

relaxing: 1%

Pace

4% of readers chose fast
50% of readers chose medium
45% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

1% of readers chose Plot
25% of readers chose A mix
70% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

56% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

8% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
55% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

16% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
67% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

96% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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