Therese Raquin

Name: Therese Raquin
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ISBN: 9780140449440

ISBN-10: 0140449442

ISBN-13: 9780140449440

Edition: 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Emile Zola, Robin Buss, Robin Buss, Robin Buss, Robin Buss

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In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thrse 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 husbands earthy friend Laurent, but their animal passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever. Thrse Raquincaused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and brought its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him throughout his life. Zolas novel is not only an uninhibited portrayal of adultery, madness, and ghostly revenge, but also a devastating exploration of the darkest aspects of human…

Book details

List price: $13.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/22/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.83" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

ï¿½mile Durkheim(18581917) founded the French school of sociology. His most famous works include The Division of Labor in Societyand The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. Robin Busss most recent translations for Penguin include Dumass The Black Tulip. Richard Sennettis the Bemis Professor of Social Sciences at MIT and a professor of sociology at the London School of Economics.



Acknowledgements


Introduction


The Background to ThTrFse Raquin


Science and Literature Progress and Positivism


The Realistic Imagination


The Birth of Naturalism ThTrFse Raquin


Narrative and Myth Plot


Narration Character Symbol and Image


Myth Conclusion


Notes to Introduction


Bibliography


PrTface de la DeuxiFme +dition ThTrFse Raquin


Notes to Text