Later, George stabs himself in her bedroom after she humiliates her lover Muffat de Beuville, who comes upon her sleeping with his old father-
The title character is admired by Fauchery, who sees her in The Blonde Venus. She goes on to receive a very nice gift from a banker named Steiner, after which she has an affair with George, the young son of her new neighbor Madame Hugon. Later, George stabs himself in her bedroom after she humiliates her lover Muffat de Beuville, who comes upon her sleeping with his old father- in-law, the Marquis de Chouard. In the end, the title character dies of smallpox during the Franco-Prussian War. FTP, name this 1880 novel from the Rougon-Macquart series, a work by Emile Zola about a woman who sleeps around a lot.
The title character is admired by Fauchery, who sees her in The Blonde Venus.
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