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A review by maryehavens
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
3.0
Woof!!
I had never heard of this book until I saw it on a list of "Best books in the public domain". I'm not really familiar with Emile Zola either - the name looks familiar but I didn't know he was French or really anything.
The book seemed like a typical love triangle gone really bad. But the way it was written! Zola had everything: morgue trips, festering wounds, TellTale Heart nods, tons of domestic violence, and general bad behavior.
I think it's interesting that the book is named after Therese because she doesn't seem like the main focus. I mean, she is the center of the love triangle but she didn't do the dirty work. It could be argued that she orchestrated the plan but there would have been nothing without Laurents. Maybe Zola named it after Therese because nobody would have picked up the novel if it was named after some dude.
If the descriptors I used are intriguing to you, give Therese Raquin a try. You can access it from Project Gutenberg (text) or Librivox (audio). The female narrators on Librivox were excellent; the male narrators for this book were not so great.
I had never heard of this book until I saw it on a list of "Best books in the public domain". I'm not really familiar with Emile Zola either - the name looks familiar but I didn't know he was French or really anything.
The book seemed like a typical love triangle gone really bad. But the way it was written! Zola had everything: morgue trips, festering wounds, TellTale Heart nods, tons of domestic violence, and general bad behavior.
I think it's interesting that the book is named after Therese because she doesn't seem like the main focus. I mean, she is the center of the love triangle but she didn't do the dirty work. It could be argued that she orchestrated the plan but there would have been nothing without Laurents. Maybe Zola named it after Therese because nobody would have picked up the novel if it was named after some dude.
If the descriptors I used are intriguing to you, give Therese Raquin a try. You can access it from Project Gutenberg (text) or Librivox (audio). The female narrators on Librivox were excellent; the male narrators for this book were not so great.