<p>In 'The Rush for the Spoil (La Curée)', Émile Zola continues to carve out his monumental study of the saga of the Rougon-Macquart family, exposing the moral decay festering at the core of the Second Empire's opulent facade. With naturalistic flair and a keen eye for the intricacies of human greed and desire, Zola crafts a narrative that weaves personal drama with biting social commentary, as seen through the extravagant lives of the unscrupulo...