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La Bête humaine By Émile Zola

La Bête humaine

By Émile Zola

  • Release Date: 2009-01-29
  • Genre: Literary Criticism
  • $3.99

Description

La Bête humaine (1890), the seventeenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works. On one level a tale of murder, passion, and possession, it is also a compassionate study of individuals derailed by atavistic forces beyond their control. This new translation captures Zola's fast-paced yet deliberately dispassionate style, while the introduction and detailed notes place the novel in its social, historical, and literary context.