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Zola's classic novel of turbulent passion

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

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

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

R SUM "Th r se Raquin" est un roman d' mile Zola qui plonge le lecteur dans l'univers sombre et oppressant de la vie parisienne du XIXe si cle. L'histoire suit Th r se, une jeune femme orpheline lev e par sa tante autoritaire, Madame Raquin, aux c t s de son cousin maladif... 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

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

"They have so smothered me in their middle-class refinement that I don't know how there can be any blood left in my veins. I lowered my eyes, put on a dismal, silly expression, just like them; I was just as dead-and-alive as they were." Secret love in Paris leading to murder... Read Full Overview

?mile ZOLA (1840-1902), n? ? Paris, de p?re italien, un ing?nieur de travaux publics, et m?re fran?aise. ? cons?quence du d?c?s du chef de famille, l?orphelin, fils unique, et la veuve, connaissent des graves p?nuries ?conomiques, jusqu?? ce que le jeune ?mile entre en contact... Read Full Overview

Th?r?se Raquin tells the story of a young woman, unhappily married to her first cousin by a well-intentioned and overbearing aunt. Her cousin, Camille, is sickly and selfish, and when the opportunity arises, Th?r?se enters into a tragic affair with one of Camille's friends, Laurent... Read Full Overview

Therese Raquin is a work by Emile Zola now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

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