Thérèse Raquin
of Émile Zola, Robin Buss (Translator)
Description
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.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 201 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date July 29th 2004
- First Publication 10/28/67
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140449440
- Edition Penguin Classics
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Paris (France)']
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