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by: Émile Zola
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140449440
ISBN: 0140449442
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: February 22, 2005
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Sales Rank: 242988
Studio: Penguin Classics
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In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thérèse 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 their animal passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever. Thérèse Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and brought its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him throughout his life. Zola’s novel is not only an uninhibited portrayal of adultery, madness, and ghostly revenge, but also a devastating exploration of the darkest aspects of human existence.
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Rating:  - Very astute
This is a short but well-written novel that explores many themes-crime, guilt, oppression, horror and judgement. The heroine of the story is an oppressed, exceedingly bored woman married to a sickly cousin not of her own choosing. They live in a dark, cramped apartment with her aunt, who dotes on the husband. She meets and then has an affair with a selfish young man and they fall in love. The boyfriend murders the husband and makes it look like an accident. After a suitable amount of time passes, ... Read More
Rating: - Therese Raquin
This is very interesting and different. The story moves at a good pace and it is worth reading. I will probably purchase other stories by Emile Zola
Rating:  - Therese Raquin
From the opening page, we are aware that this will be a dark work. 'Above the glazed roof the wall rises towards the sky,' writes Zola, 'black and coarsely rendered, as if covered with leprous sores and zigzagged with scars.'
A small household is described. We have Camille, a sickly, mothered, placid boy. As he becomes older, his mother's protective nature remains as strong as it was when he was a child. He is plied with medicines and 'adoring devotion', such that 'His growth had been stunted, ... Read More
Rating: - Early Zola tale of obsession, paranoia, and narcisism
Emile Zola's `Therese Raquin' is a tale of obsession, paranoia, and narcisism. In modern parlance, this would be called a psychological drama. The tale relates a love triangle among the working poor in Paris in the 1860s. The title character, Therese, is unhappily married to Camille, a man whom she cannot stand and finds a bore. They live together in Paris with Camille's mother. Camille could be described as a mama's boy. A weekly get together with several local friends to play dominoes turns into a passionate ... Read More
Rating: - A great read!
I originally bought this book because my favorite actor, Gerard Butler, was scheduled to make a movie from it. I was pleasantly surprised by how good the book is. I knew it was translated from French and I thought it would probably be a hard read. I found it to be very interesting, even though there is no dialog in the book. It was very well written and extremely interesting. The descriptions made me feel like I was in the story and feeling what the characters felt. I must say that these are very dysfunctional ... Read More
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