The Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

The Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle by Emile Zola audiobook. Genre: drama In The Rush for the Spoil, Emile Zola turns to the glittering, feverish world of Second Empire Paris, where fortunes are made overnight and lives are just as quickly broken. At the center is Aristide Saccard, a hungry, opportunistic man determined to claw his way into the new age of speculation unleashed by Baron Haussmann's vast rebuilding of the city. With Paris reshaped street by street, Saccard sees opportunity in every demolition and every new boulevard, using charm, manipulation, and insider knowledge to ride the wave of real estate deals and political influence. Around him, a web of bankers, officials, mistresses, and social climbers orbit the same irresistible lure: easy money and the status it promises. As Saccard's ambitions intensify, his home life becomes entangled with his public schemes, and the glitter of high society masks a moral rot that spreads through personal relationships as ruthlessly as it does through business. Sharp, panoramic, and relentlessly human, Zola's novel exposes how greed and power can remake a city while quietly remaking the souls of the people who chase them. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:15:00) Chapter 01 (01:09:21) Chapter 02 (02:07:59) Chapter 03 (03:17:18) Chapter 04 (04:20:03) Chapter 05 (05:02:37) Chapter 06 (06:05:54) Chapter 07 (07:07:45) Chapter 08 (08:22:11) Chapter 09 (09:12:58) Chapter 10 (09:59:20) Chapter 11 (10:37:10) Chapter 12 (11:34:38) Chapter 13 (12:37:00) Chapter 14 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices