Book description
Perhaps his most famous work, Emile Zola's Therese Raquin is a dark and gripping story of lust, violence and guilt, set in the gloomy back streets of Paris. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes and an introduction by Robin Buss.
In the claustrophobic atmosphere of a dingy haberdasher's…
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1 author picked Therese Raquin as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
If you are looking for a classic that tells a tale of adultery, murder, and revenge set in nineteenth-century Paris, you must read this book. I was completely absorbed with the story even though I was so busy moving across states at the time.
No one was a born murderer, and Laurent did not seem to be one. I was eager to not just finish reading the book but to study the psychology of the murderer. What made him turn cold-blooded and evil? His downfall was brought about by no one other than his own deadly sins—sloth and greed.
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