Project Gutenberg 2007-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 172 Zola, Émile 1840 1902 Zola, Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola, Emile Nantas Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantas_(nouvelle) Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ "Nantas" by Émile Zola is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Nantas, a young man from Marseille, who relocates to Paris with grand aspirations for wealth and greatness. He struggles with the harsh realities of life while grappling with poverty, ambition, and the complexities of social status. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Nantas, who occupies a humble room in Paris, filled with dreams of success. His background as the son of a bricklayer weighs on him as he faces relentless rejections in his pursuit of employment. Despite his physical strength and determination, he finds himself at a turning point, contemplating desperate measures as he languishes in despair. The narrative hints at an impending transformation as he meets Juffrouw Chuin, who proposes an unconventional arrangement involving marriage to a wealthy girl, setting the stage for Nantas's conflicted journey between ambition and morality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. nl Fiction Short stories PQ Text Category: Novels Category: French Literature 533838 2025-08-09T08:09:13.141863 text/html 521693 2021-01-02T18:44:01 text/html 253750 2025-08-09T08:09:22.440783 application/epub+zip 259252 2025-08-09T08:09:15.880827 application/epub+zip 259251 2025-08-09T08:09:14.310853 application/epub+zip 420251 2025-08-09T08:09:26.815781 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393047 2025-08-09T08:09:21.283844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376936 2022-09-10T10:09:12.575025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449524 2025-08-09T08:09:11.862851 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 449029 2021-01-02T18:44:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18585 2025-08-09T08:09:27.030764 application/rdf+xml 8336 2025-08-09T08:09:14.842818 image/jpeg 2396 2025-08-09T08:09:14.578830 image/jpeg 168937 2021-01-02T18:44:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 179710 2021-01-02T18:44:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 240399 2025-08-09T08:09:13.185860 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia