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'''Saccard''' is a fictional character created by [[Émile Zola]] in his 20-novel cycle [[Les Rougon-Macquart]]. Saccard (a pseudonym of the character Aristide Rougon) is the central figure in the novels ''[[La Curée]]'' (1872) and ''[[L'Argent]]'' (1891), and features in a number of other books in the cycle.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yee |first=Jennifer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwhnDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Saccard%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA103 |title=The Colonial Comedy: Imperialism in the French Realist Novel |date=2016-08-12 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-103420-6 |pages=100 |language=en}}</ref> A ruthless and greedy financier, his name is still used in [[France]] as a byword for corporate or plutocratic figures driven by lust for money.{{Cn|date=May 2024}}
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