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Therese Raquin (Penguin Classics)

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few weeks ago
Zola's much better known for his painstakingly detailed, deceptively lyrical stories set in France of the Second Empire of the mid-nineteenth century, although really aimed at the France of the late nineteenth century Third Republic. THERESE RAQUIN, his earliest major work, stands out as a relatively simple story of jealousy, adultery, and murder in a small family. It's also an indication, as if...more
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few weeks ago
Book Club #26. I despised this book. Except for the page and a half which depicted a scene from The Luncheon of the Boating Party. The most depressing, useless piece of writing I've ever read. Did I say I didn't like it?
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few weeks ago
an analytic study of temperament. good read. classic. :) an analytic study of temperament
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few weeks ago
brill book set in paris about a doomed love affair between a lonely young woman and an artist.
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few weeks ago
Dark and depraved and full of dispicable characters. Worth reading for the grimey descriptions, and the ending...
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few weeks ago
Un condensé des affreux visages que la nature humaine peut prendre ! Du grand Zola ! Qui n'a pas un jour ressenti l'un des sentiments décrit avec tant de précision dans les romans de Zola dont celui ! Comment ne pas à un moment ou un autre s'identifier un tant soit peu malgré le décalage temporel...
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few weeks ago
Murder and sex, that was about it. If you like those two things then read it
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few weeks ago
I love Zola, but I was disappointed with this book as a whole. The thing I appreciated most about this book was the engaging set of descriptions of old Paris. The story itself was ponderous and though the book was short, I thought it would never end. In that way it was sort of like February in upstate NY.
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few weeks ago
Frustrant
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few weeks ago
Wow. Be careful for what you wish for because it just might come true.
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  • ISBN-10: 0786145870
  • ISBN-13: 9780786145874
  • ISBN-10: 0977716155
  • ISBN-13: 9780977716159
  • ISBN-10: 8484281426
  • ISBN-13: 9788484281429
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