{"product_id":"9780140449440","title":"Therese Raquin","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Zola, Emile, Buss, Robin, Buss, Robin \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 29\/07\/2004,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780140449440,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband's earthy friend Laurent, but their animal passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever. Thérèse Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and borught its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him throughout his life. Zola's novel is not only an uninhibited portrayal of adultery, madness and ghostly revenge, but also a devastating exploration of the darkest aspects of human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobin Buss's translation superbly conveys Zola's fearlessly honest and matter-of-fact style. In his introduction, he discusses Zola's life and literary career, and the influence of art, literature and science on his writing. This edition also includes the preface to the second edition of 1868, a chronology, further reading and notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmile 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, including Au Bonheur des Dames (1883), The Beast Within (1890), Nana (1880), and The Drinking Den (1877).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed Thérèse Raquin, you might like Zola's Germinal, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697965760556,"sku":"9780140449440","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780140449440.jpg?v=1722609624","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780140449440","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}