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La Bête Humaine

Émile Zola

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.

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Book Details

  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date: Mar 25th, 2009
  • Pages: 432
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.60in - 5.00in - 0.90in - 0.65lb
  • EAN: 9780199538669
  • Categories: European - French

Praise for this book

"...brilliant..." -- Barry Forshaw, European Literature Network