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Thérèse Raquin

Émile Zola
3.73/5 (26376 ratings)
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One of Zola's most famous realist novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Parisian society.

Set in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's shop in the passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, this powerful novel tells how the heroine and her lover, Laurent, kill her husband, Camille, but are subsequently haunted by visions of the dead man, and prevented from enjoying the fruits of their crime.

Zola's shocking tale dispassionately dissects the motivations of his characters--mere "human beasts", who kill in order to satisfy their lust--and stands as a key manifesto of the French Naturalist movement, of which the author was the founding father. Published in 1867, this is Zola's most important work before the Rougon-Macquart series and introduces many of the themes that can be traced through the later novel cycle.
Format:
Pages:
201 pages
Publication:
2004
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Edition:
Penguin Classics
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0140449442
ISBN13:
9780140449440
kindle Asin:
B0DPG7NCDC

Thérèse Raquin

Émile Zola
3.73/5 (26376 ratings)
Read Download
One of Zola's most famous realist novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Parisian society.

Set in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's shop in the passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, this powerful novel tells how the heroine and her lover, Laurent, kill her husband, Camille, but are subsequently haunted by visions of the dead man, and prevented from enjoying the fruits of their crime.

Zola's shocking tale dispassionately dissects the motivations of his characters--mere "human beasts", who kill in order to satisfy their lust--and stands as a key manifesto of the French Naturalist movement, of which the author was the founding father. Published in 1867, this is Zola's most important work before the Rougon-Macquart series and introduces many of the themes that can be traced through the later novel cycle.
Format:
Pages:
201 pages
Publication:
2004
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Edition:
Penguin Classics
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0140449442
ISBN13:
9780140449440
kindle Asin:
B0DPG7NCDC

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