Thérèse Raquin
$23.75
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
25 October 2004
Summary
Perhaps his most famous work, Émile Zola’s Thérèse 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 shop 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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449440 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449442 |
| Author: | Émile Zola, Robin Buss |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Émile Zola
Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. His principal work, Les Rougon-Macquart, is a panorama of mid-19th century French life, in a cycle of 20 novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years.
Robin Buss is a journalist and translator. His most recent translations include The Plague by Camus and The Black Tulip by Dumas. He lives in London.
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