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In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Therese Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband's earthy friend Laurent, but... Read Full Overview

Zola's classic novel of turbulent passion

Th r se Raquin (1867) is a novel by French author mile Zola. Initially serialized in L'Artiste, a popular French literary magazine, Th r se Raquin, Zola's third novel, earned the author widespread fame and critical condemnation for its scandalous content... Read Full Overview

Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Paris. Zola's dispassionate dissection of the motivations of his characters, mere human beasts' who kill in order to satisfy their lust, is much more than... Read Full Overview

Th r se Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Paris. Zola's dispassionate dissection of the motivations of his characters, mere human beasts' who kill in order to satisfy their lust, is much more than... Read Full Overview

Emile Zola (1840 - 1902) fue un escritor franc s, considerado como el padre y el mayor representante del Naturalismo. Tuvo un papel muy relevante en la revisi n del proceso de Alfred Dreyfus, que le cost el exilio. Su influencia sobre las generaciones posteriores de escritores... Read Full Overview

Au bout de la rue Gu n gaud, lorsqu'on vient des quais, on trouve le passage du Pont-Neuf, une sorte de corridor troit et sombre qui va de la rue Mazarine la rue de Seine. Ce passage a trente pas de long et deux de large, au plus; il est pav de dalles jaun tres, us es, descell... Read Full Overview

One of Zola's most famous realistic novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Parisian society. Zola's shocking tale dispassionately dissects the motivations of his characters--mere "human... Read Full Overview

Th r se Raquin (1867) is a novel by French author mile Zola. Initially serialized in L'Artiste, a popular French literary magazine, Th r se Raquin, Zola's third novel, earned the author widespread fame and critical condemnation for its scandalous content... Read Full Overview

Adam Thorpe's unflinching translation brings Zola's dark and shocking masterwork to life

Mysterious disappearances, domestic cases, noiseless, bloodless snuffings-out . . . the law can look as deep as it likes, but when the crime itself goes unsuspected . ... Read Full Overview