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Therese Raquin Paperback – 10 July 2008

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Thérèse 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 scandalized by an approach to character-drawing which seemed to undermine not only the moral values of a deeply conservative society, but also the whole code of psychological description on which the realist novel was based. Together with the important `Preface to the Second Edition' in which Zola defended himself against charges of immorality, Thérèse Raquin stands as a key early manifesto of the French Naturalist movement, of which Zola was the founding father. Even today, this novel has lost none of its power to shock. This new translation is based on the second edition of 1868. The Introduction situates the novel in the context of Naturalism, medicine, and the scientific ideas of Zola's day. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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'Andrew Rothwell captures the tone of Th`rése Raquin, reproducing its meodramatic overstatements, accumulations and repetitions faithfully, yet at the same time his text is inventive and abounds in felicitous touches ... there is a thought-provoking discussion of the text's narrative structure, its symbolic and metaphorical patterns and the ways in which the author's exchanges with Manet and the Impressionists coloured his descriptions.' Joy Newton, University of Glasgow, French Studies, Vol. 47, Part 3

'Three Classic tales of sexual passion, perversion, and corruption have been added to the rapidly increasing World's Classics collection, whose repertoire of nineteenth-century French novels is now impressive. The price and format of these volumes make them an obvious choice for the reader approaching them in translation, the more so since each is accompanied by a helpful general introduction ... the reader is likely to get better vaqlue here than from other translations currently in print.' Timothy Unwin, University of Western Australia, MLR, 89./2, 1994

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'Andrew Rothwell captures the tone of Th`rése Raquin, reproducing its meodramatic overstatements, accumulations and repetitions faithfully, yet at the same time his text is inventive and abounds in felicitous touches ... there is a thought-provoking discussion of the text's narrative structure, its symbolic and metaphorical patterns and the ways in which the author's exchanges with Manet and the Impressionists coloured his descriptions.' Joy Newton, University of Glasgow, French Studies, Vol. 47, Part 3 'Three Classic tales of sexual passion, perversion, and corruption have been added to the rapidly increasing World's Classics collection, whose repertoire of nineteenth-century French novels is now impressive. The price and format of these volumes make them an obvious choice for the reader approaching them in translation, the more so since each is accompanied by a helpful general introduction ... the reader is likely to get better vaqlue here than from other translations currently in print.' Timothy Unwin, University of Western Australia, MLR, 89./2, 1994

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press UK
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 10 July 2008
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199536856
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0706999358
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.3 x 12.95 x 1.52 cm

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- 78 in History & Criticism of French Literature
- 209 in European Literature Textbooks
- 272 in French Literature (Books)

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Oliver
Great book
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Surprisingly contemporary in its concerns for a book written so long ago.

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C. Keibler
Not sure how I missed it
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I bought this book on the advise of a character from a recent Stephen King novel. As an English major I'm not sure how I missed being assigned this book, but perhaps coming to it a bit later in life deepened my appreciation. It is a gothic and gloomy examination of misspent passion and regretting impulse. The action is simple and the story one you've seen so often on Investigation Discovery, but in the hands of a master storyteller this oft-told tale of illicit love and murder of a rivel is at once both foul and viseral, with very little light leaking in to soften the main characters. Once you pick it up its hard to put down, and once you finish and put it down, its hard to forget.

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Therese Raquin a moral tale
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2019
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Good service. Arrived quickly. A very good read, but not a happy tale.

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Meredith
Breathtaking dread
Reviewed in the United States on 26 April 2022
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This book exposes the ruthless, all-consuming guilt shared by two people after committing a murder. The author's (translator's) descriptions of suffocating guilt, fear and paranoia are unparalleled.

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Catherine Lillington
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2014
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A good copy but a very grim tale. The theatre version is more enjoyable

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