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Therese Raquin
Emile Zola
2012 · Start Publishing LLC
AdulteryFictionMurderSocial life and customsManners and customs
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In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Therese 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. Therese Raquin/i caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and brought its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him t…
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