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Émile zola nana6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Fauchery is surprised when la Faloise greets the famous Count and Countess Muffat de Beuville and her father, the Marquis de Chouard. While waiting, Fauchery identifies many of the famous courtesans seated in the boxes. Everyone goes to his seat to await the curtain. Count Xavier de Vandeuvres comes forward to speak to Fauchery just as a crowd on the street begins to chant Nana's name. A handsome young man, Daguenet, passes the group and is identified as Nana's lover. Mignon, who arranges his wife's love affairs, tries to lead Steiner away from the discussion about Nana. ![]() Monsieur Mignon appears with the wealthy German-Jew banker, Steiner, who is having an affair with Mignon's wife Rose, the leading actress. ![]() He describes his new actress Nana, as a cheap whore "who sings like a crow" and "has no notion what to do with her hands and feet." However, he is confident that both Nana and the show will be a success because "Nana has something else, something as good as all the other things put together." There is a general air of anticipation awaiting the appearance of a new actress named Nana, who will play the role of Venus.īordenave, the producer of the play, meets the two young men and embarrasses the naive la Faloise by insisting that the theater be called a whorehouse. ![]() Monsieur Fauchery, a journalist, arrives at the Variety Theater thirty minutes early because his cousin Hector de la Faloise is excited about seeing a new production entitled The Blond Venus. ![]()
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