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Thérèse Raquin
by Émile Zola
If you mix “Madame Bovary” and “Wuthering Heights” while sprinkling in a murder plot I imagine the result would be “Thérèse Raquin”. God, how do I even begin to describe this book? This story is a hellish nightmare from start to finish. Someone called this book an obstacle course for masochists and I couldn’t have said it better myself. Never have I ever encountered an author as happy to torture his characters as Èmile Zola. At times I was shocked about the brutality of it all. The violence is quite graphic even by today’s standards.
Nevertheless, as a reader you get a wicked pleasure of observing the relentless torment of Thérèse and Laurent because they are deserving of it. Do not be mistaken. This is not a story about redemption. If you’re searching for a book with a happy ending, I’d suggest you keep looking.
Nevertheless, as a reader you get a wicked pleasure of observing the relentless torment of Thérèse and Laurent because they are deserving of it. Do not be mistaken. This is not a story about redemption. If you’re searching for a book with a happy ending, I’d suggest you keep looking.