About this title: Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower orders 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 an atmospheric Second Empire period-piece. Many readers were ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780192826534ISBN:0192826530
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. A former school book with the usual identifiers. -, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good. No dust jacket. Contains "Newly translated" versions of both Therese Raquin and Shame. Pages are discolored. 100% Readable. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780140057751ISBN:0140057757
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Slight spine lean, minor corner bumps, reading crease rear cover, some soiling and scuffing to the covers(light), owner's inscription on the inside cover, and other light shopwear. One of Zola's earliest naturalistic masterpieces. English translation by Leonard Tancock. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780140449440ISBN:0140449442
Description: Very Good. Cover shows light edge wear. Light soiling on sides of book. Otherwise, in like new condition. No evidence of previous use. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. PB. LIVRE DE POCHE-"34"/FASQUELLE. TEXT IN FRENCH. UNDERLINING AND LIGHT NOTATION FOUND THROUGHOUT TEXT. FRONT COVER SHOWS LIGHT VERTICAL WRINKLE ALONG SPINE/ SPINE HINGE CREASED-SPINE SMOOTH. CORNERS NOT CREASED. 284 PGS INTACT, FIRM W. FAINT TAN [0-1] {B-12} read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flammarion (#229), Paris, France
Date Published: 1970
Description: VERY GOOD+ Tight, bright, clean, square BUT has owner's name printed in marker on exterior page edges and inside cover. No other markings. Text in French. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Gallimard Education, france
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9782070371167ISBN:2070371166
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. very good overall condition. Text in English, Spanish. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 256 p. Collection Folio. read more
Edition: Unstated Edition
Binding: Small Trade Paperback
Publisher: Philipp Reclam, Stuttgart Germany
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9783150097823ISBN:3150097827
Description: Very Good. Not Issued With Dustjacket. This German translation of Emile Zola's work is almost as new. An unstated edition, this pocket-sized paperback is clean, tight and square with absolutely no underlining, highlighting nor marginalia. The yellow paper covers are bright and uncreased as if the book has never been read. Only a small smudge to the upper front cover where a price tag was removed, and a bit of rubbing prevents this being listed as like new. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good- 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Wraps are scuffed and lightly creased with mild edgewear. Spine edge is browning. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is secure. read more
"Despite some flaws (probably because of the fact that this is an early work by Zola), this is a very entertaining read, especially if you like over-the-top murder scenarios. It is a haunting story, with a ghost that torments, but the supernatural aspect is supplicated by the authors understanding of psychology (which works). There are some great scenes. It is a fun read if you enjoy gruesome and sexual descriptions in your 19th century literature."
"Possibly the most depressing book I have ever read. Too much heavy-handed "sins have consequences" for me. Everyone seemed to be surrounded by unbearable choices with no way out, especially the women. It made me glad I am a woman in America in the 2000's and not a woman in Paris in the 1860's. If you don't want to marry your sickly cousin, for heaven's sake, tell your rich aunt "No, I don't think so". Don't marry him and then hate everyone and everything for the rest of your life!
On the up side, I kind of liked reading about daily life in Paris in the 1860's, but I'd really suggest Les Miserables instead of this book if you're after stories with Paris in them."
"Dark, creepy, intense, disgusting...I like. If you want a classic read with adultery, murder, and corpses, try this one. Two desperate, adulterous individuals murder the one person that stands between them. Instead of finding happiness, the couple is haunted by insane terror. The book reads like a ghost story, although by 19th century standards it was labeled a "psychological study." Also, considering that it was written in the 1860's, it is rather explicit and graphic in some places. One thing that annoyed me was that, due to the translation, some words are repeated over and over (because many French words have only one English equivalent). Also, sometimes the changing tenses are hard to follow, as is the chronology of the flashbacks. Nevertheless, I agree with the blurb on the back cover: "This book has lost none of its power to shock!""
"One of the best books I have ever read! It was a recommendation from a bookshop owner in France. I haven't read the english translation, but for Zola, the French isn't that difficult. It is also really short for Zola who is an author much like Hemmingway that tends to be longwinded.
Therese Raquin is about a woman who is married to a man whom she thinks of as a brother. She meets one of his friends, a strong, verile, masculine man in comparison to her feeble, quiet husband. She begins an affair and in the heat of their passion decide to kill Therese's husband. The rest of the novel shows the psychological and spiritual breakdown of these two tortured souls."
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