Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Author: first_name: Émile
last_name: Zola
Language: English
Year: 1871

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