La Curée (The Kill)

12 hrs. 37 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Émile Zola

Narrator Inna Sytnik

A novel from the “Rougon-Macquart” series depicts one year in the life of the Second Empire: from the autumn of 1861 to the autumn of 1862. According to the writer, he wanted to immortalize “the ringing of gold, the rustling of millions, the loud orgies of the flesh,” “the bacchanalia of brawls” that characterized that era. His hero, Aristide, is driven by an all-consuming goal—to amass a fortune, snatch a portion from the common spoils; plans to remodel Paris open up wide space for his financial schemes. The love story of Aristide’s wife René for her stepson is presented with the impartiality and tragic force characteristic of the naturalist method. The novel’s impact on the public was such that the writer had to give explanations to the prosecutor of the Republic.

1. The Fortune of the Rougons (narrated by Alexey Dyakov) 1. The Fortune of the Rougons (narrated by Konstantin Dneprovsky) 1. The Fortune of the Rougons (narrated by Elena Shemet) 2. La Curée (The Kill) 2. La Curée (The Kill) (narrated by Konstantin Dneprovsky) 3. The Belly of Paris (narrated by Larisa Tretyakova) 3. The Belly of Paris (narrated by Konstantin Dneprovsky) 3. The Belly of Paris (narrated by Pavel Lomakin) 3. The Belly of Paris (narrated by Vsevolod Kuznetsov) 4. The Conquest of Plassans (narrated by Konstantin Dneprovsky) 5. The Sin of Father Mouret (narrated by Arkady Bukhmin) 5. The Sin of Father Mouret (narrated by Alina Ray) 5. The Sin of Abbé Mouret (narrated by Konstantin Dneprovsky) 6. His Excellency Eugene Rougon (narrated by Valery Tolkov) 7. L'Assommoir (narrated by Veronika Oboyanka) 7. The Trap (narrated by Margarita Ivanova) 8. A Love Episode (narrated by Oleg Martyanov) 8. A Love Episode (narrated by Natalya Frolova) 9. Nana (narrated by Nikolay Orlovsky) 9. Nana (narrated by Natalya Pervina) 9. Nana (narrated by Irina Vorobyova) 10. Pot Luck (narrated by Natalya Domeretskaya) 11. The Ladies' Paradise (narrated by Olga Zyuzina) 11. The Ladies' Paradise (narrated by Yuliya Tarkhova) 11. The Ladies' Paradise (narrated by Veronika Oboyanka) 12. The Joy of Life (narrated by Yuliya Tarkhova) 12. The Joys of Life (narrated by Sergey Kazakov) 13. Germinal (narrated by Yury Zaborovsky) 13. Germinal (narrated by Natalya Pervina) 13. Germinal (narrated by Konstantin Dneprovsky) 13. Germinal (narrated by Arkady Bukhmin) 14. The Masterpiece (narrated by Tatyana Telegina) 14. The Masterpiece (narrated by Olga Andreeva) 14. The Masterpiece (narrated by Ivan Zabelin) 15. Earth (narrated by Valery Tolkov) 16. The Dream (narrated by Irina Efremova, Olga Evdokimova) 17. The Beast Within (narrated by Arkady Bukhmin) 17. The Beast Within (narrated by Valery Tolkov) 18. Money (narrated by Yury Zaborovsky) 18. Money (narrated by Yaroslav Lukashev) 18. Money (narrated by Olga Andreeva) 18. Money (narrated by Konstantin Dneprovsky) 19. The Debacle (narrated by Ilya Akintyev) 20. Doctor Pascal (narrated by Vladislav Pogiba) La Bête humaine (narrated by Roman Popov) The Dream (narrated by Olga Evdokimova)