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All of Paris is talking about her, though this is her first stage appearance. When asked to say something about her talents, Bordenave, the manager of the theatre, explains that a star does not need to know how to sing or act: I scented it out, and it smells damnably strong in her, or else I lost my sense of smell. Zola describes her appearance only thinly veiled in the third act: Nana was still smiling, but with the deadly smile of a man-eater.
In the course of the novel Nana destroys every man who pursues her: Philippe Hugon is imprisoned after stealing from the army to lend Nana money; the wealthy banker Steiner bankrupts himself trying to please her; Georges Hugon stabs himself with scissors in anguish over her; Vandeuvres incinerates himself after Nana ruins him financially; Fauchery, a journalist and publisher who falls for Nana early on, writes a scathing article about her later, and falls for her again and is ruined financially; and Count Muffat, whose faithfulness to Nana brings him back for humiliation after humiliation until he finds her in bed with his elderly father-in-law.
In George Becker's words: Zola has Nana die a horrible death in July from smallpox. She disappears, her belongings are auctioned and no one knows where she is. It comes out that she has been living with a Russian prince, leaving her infant son in the care of an aunt near Paris, but when a smallpox epidemic breaks out she returns to nurse him; he dies, and she catches the disease.
Zola suggests that her true nature, concealed by her physical beauty, has come to the surface. The pustules had invaded the whole face, so that one pock touched the next". Outside her window the crowd is madly cheering "To Berlin!
But wh e n Nana's p r of essor at the Conservatoire found out about his pupil's involvement with a genre of music he considered to be absolutely worthless, he flew into a fury and preve nt e d Nana f r om sitting [ Agency and supported by the municipality with the aim of offering support for mothers unable to work, start a business or get education because they have small children. On 26 March under the identity of "Mbuya Ma d u Nana O k it ungu", he attempted to facilitate unlawful entry to two citizens of Zaire travelling on forged passports and was refused entry to the United Kingdom.
At the end of her presentation, she handed over a prototype of a passport of "African Citizenship" to the guest of honor, Honor ab l e Nana A k uf fo Addo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana. Most frequent English dictionary requests: Please click on the reason for your vote: This is not a good example for the translation above.
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