L' Zola, Émile 1840-1902 creator text utu 2006 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "L'Argent" by Émile Zola is a novel published in 1891. Set during the Second French Empire, it follows Aristide Saccard, a bankrupt financier who seizes upon his neighbor's ambitious plans for Middle Eastern development to establish a bank. Driven by greed, rivalry with his powerful brother, and antisemitism, Saccard builds his Banque Universelle through stock manipulation and deception. As shares soar and speculation grips all levels of society, the precarious enterprise hurtles toward inevitable collapse, threatening to devastate everyone caught in its wake. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Argent Release date is 2006-01-15 Produced by www.ebooksgratuits.com and Chuck Greif Original publication data not identified Banks and banking -- France -- History -- 19th -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17516 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17516 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133417.0 17516