ISBN: 2940157419301

Emile Zola's classic tale of killing and adultery amid the lower classes of French society is brought to the reader anew in this inexpensive edition authoritatively translated by Edward V… Altro …

Emile Zola's classic tale of killing and adultery amid the lower classes of French society is brought to the reader anew in this inexpensive edition authoritatively translated by Edward Vizetelly Surbiton. Although Therese Raquin was the third work released by the promising young French author, it was the first to confer true notoriety and renown upon its author. The unflinching descriptions of violence and romantic affairs in the impoverished neighbourhoods of Paris - the play's plot, involving an affair between a woman who later contrives to murder her husband, is undeniably grim but compelling reading. Also staged as a play, this book is responsible for unleashing Zola's frank and dramatic powers of description upon the French public. It would also be the first book to gain the writer modest international attention, in part for its clinical and 'naturalist' approach to examining the characters, their dark motives, and their environment. Digital Content>E-books>Classics>Coll Classics>Coll Classics, Pantianos Classics Digital >16<

ISBN: 2940157419301

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