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賯氐丞 鬲賷乇賷夭丕 乇丕賰丕賳貙 賴賷 兀賵賱 乇賵丕賷丞 毓馗賷賲丞 兀胤丕乇鬲 卮賴乇丞 廿賲賷賱 夭賵賱丕貙 夭毓賷賲 丕賱賲丿乇爻丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賮賷 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱賯氐氐賷.
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賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳 卮賷胤丕賳 丕賱噩爻丿 噩丕賲丨賸丕貙 賮廿賳 睾賮賱丞 丕賱賳丕爻 賵爻匕丕噩鬲賴賲 賵兀賳丕賳賷鬲賴賲 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賷爻乇 丕賱爻亘賱 兀賲丕賲 匕賱賰 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳 賰賷 賷亘爻胤 爻賱胤丕賳賴 賵賷氐賱 廿賱賶 兀睾乇丕囟賴 丕賱禺亘賷孬丞.
賵賯丿 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 丕賲賷賱 夭賵賱丕 兀賳 賷氐賱 亘毓賯丿丞 丕賱賯氐丞 廿賱賶 匕乇賵鬲賴丕 丕賱賰亘乇賶貙 丨賷賳 噩毓賱 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 賴賷 丕賱賳鬲賷噩丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賱賱丕賳爻賷丕賯 賵乇丕亍 丕賱卮賴賵丞 賵丨賷賳 噩毓賱 丕賱賲賵鬲 賴賵 丕賱賳鬲賷噩丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賱賱睾賮賱丞 賵丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞.
賵賱賰賳賴 賱賲 賷鬲乇賰 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 亘睾賷乇 毓賯丕亘貙 賵賱賲 賷鬲乇賰 丕賱兀賱賲 亘睾賷乇 賳丿賲 亘賱 亘賷賳 賰賷賮 鬲賰賵賳 毓丕賯亘丞 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 賵賳鬲賷噩鬲賴丕 丕賱賲丨鬲賲丞 賴賷 丕賱卮賯丕賯 賵丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱廿賱賴賷.
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賵賴賵 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷乇賵賷 賯氐丞 丕賱賳賮賵爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 丨賷賳 鬲爻鬲匕賱賴丕 丕賱乇睾亘丞 丕賱噩丕賲丨丞貙 賵賷爻賷胤乇 賮賷賴丕 卮賷胤丕賳 丕賱噩爻丿 毓賱賶 賯賷丕丿 丕賱乇噩賱 賵丕賱賲乇兀丞貙 賮賷禺賲丿 氐賵鬲 丕賱囟賲賷乇貙 賵丕賱毓賯賱貙 賵丕賱賲氐賱丨丞.
賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳 卮賷胤丕賳 丕賱噩爻丿 噩丕賲丨賸丕貙 賮廿賳 睾賮賱丞 丕賱賳丕爻 賵爻匕丕噩鬲賴賲 賵兀賳丕賳賷鬲賴賲 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賷爻乇 丕賱爻亘賱 兀賲丕賲 匕賱賰 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳 賰賷 賷亘爻胤 爻賱胤丕賳賴 賵賷氐賱 廿賱賶 兀睾乇丕囟賴 丕賱禺亘賷孬丞.
賵賯丿 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 丕賲賷賱 夭賵賱丕 兀賳 賷氐賱 亘毓賯丿丞 丕賱賯氐丞 廿賱賶 匕乇賵鬲賴丕 丕賱賰亘乇賶貙 丨賷賳 噩毓賱 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 賴賷 丕賱賳鬲賷噩丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賱賱丕賳爻賷丕賯 賵乇丕亍 丕賱卮賴賵丞 賵丨賷賳 噩毓賱 丕賱賲賵鬲 賴賵 丕賱賳鬲賷噩丞 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷丞 賱賱睾賮賱丞 賵丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞.
賵賱賰賳賴 賱賲 賷鬲乇賰 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 亘睾賷乇 毓賯丕亘貙 賵賱賲 賷鬲乇賰 丕賱兀賱賲 亘睾賷乇 賳丿賲 亘賱 亘賷賳 賰賷賮 鬲賰賵賳 毓丕賯亘丞 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 賵賳鬲賷噩鬲賴丕 丕賱賲丨鬲賲丞 賴賷 丕賱卮賯丕賯 賵丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱廿賱賴賷.
乇丕亘胤 丕賱鬲丨賲賷賱:
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First published January 1, 1867
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脡mile Zola
2,700听books4,236听followers脡mile Fran莽ois Zola was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France.
More than half of Zola's novels were part of a set of 20 books collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart. Unlike Balzac who in the midst of his literary career resynthesized his work into La Com茅die Humaine, Zola from the start at the age of 28 had thought of the complete layout of the series. Set in France's Second Empire, the series traces the "environmental" influences of violence, alcohol and prostitution which became more prevalent during the second wave of the Industrial Revolution. The series examines two branches of a family: the respectable (that is, legitimate) Rougons and the disreputable (illegitimate) Macquarts for five generations.
As he described his plans for the series, "I want to portray, at the outset of a century of liberty and truth, a family that cannot restrain itself in its rush to possess all the good things that progress is making available and is derailed by its own momentum, the fatal convulsions that accompany the birth of a new world."
Although Zola and C茅zanne were friends from childhood, they broke in later life over Zola's fictionalized depiction of C茅zanne and the Bohemian life of painters in his novel 尝'艗耻惫谤别 (The Masterpiece, 1886).
From 1877 with the publication of L'Assommoir, 脡mile Zola became wealthy, he was better paid than Victor Hugo, for example. He became a figurehead among the literary bourgeoisie and organized cultural dinners with Guy de Maupassant, Joris-Karl Huysmans and other writers at his luxurious villa in Medan near Paris after 1880. Germinal in 1885, then the three 'cities', Lourdes in 1894, Rome in 1896 and Paris in 1897, established Zola as a successful author.
The self-proclaimed leader of French naturalism, Zola's works inspired operas such as those of Gustave Charpentier, notably Louise in the 1890s. His works, inspired by the concepts of heredity (Claude Bernard), social manichaeism and idealistic socialism, resonate with those of Nadar, Manet and subsequently Flaubert.
More than half of Zola's novels were part of a set of 20 books collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart. Unlike Balzac who in the midst of his literary career resynthesized his work into La Com茅die Humaine, Zola from the start at the age of 28 had thought of the complete layout of the series. Set in France's Second Empire, the series traces the "environmental" influences of violence, alcohol and prostitution which became more prevalent during the second wave of the Industrial Revolution. The series examines two branches of a family: the respectable (that is, legitimate) Rougons and the disreputable (illegitimate) Macquarts for five generations.
As he described his plans for the series, "I want to portray, at the outset of a century of liberty and truth, a family that cannot restrain itself in its rush to possess all the good things that progress is making available and is derailed by its own momentum, the fatal convulsions that accompany the birth of a new world."
Although Zola and C茅zanne were friends from childhood, they broke in later life over Zola's fictionalized depiction of C茅zanne and the Bohemian life of painters in his novel 尝'艗耻惫谤别 (The Masterpiece, 1886).
From 1877 with the publication of L'Assommoir, 脡mile Zola became wealthy, he was better paid than Victor Hugo, for example. He became a figurehead among the literary bourgeoisie and organized cultural dinners with Guy de Maupassant, Joris-Karl Huysmans and other writers at his luxurious villa in Medan near Paris after 1880. Germinal in 1885, then the three 'cities', Lourdes in 1894, Rome in 1896 and Paris in 1897, established Zola as a successful author.
The self-proclaimed leader of French naturalism, Zola's works inspired operas such as those of Gustave Charpentier, notably Louise in the 1890s. His works, inspired by the concepts of heredity (Claude Bernard), social manichaeism and idealistic socialism, resonate with those of Nadar, Manet and subsequently Flaubert.
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December 4, 2013
You don't need another Coca Cola
Or the latest Francis Ford Coppola
You don't need a holiday in Angola
You need this novel by Emile Zola
It's raw like a bad case of ebola
It's atomic like gay enola
Not pretty like a gladiola
Or sweet like a tune from a old victrola
He told the truth like the Ayatollah
He was revolutionary like Hizbollah
He never needed no payola
He didn't have a Motorola
He wrote the truth, he was Emile Zola
Like a panel he was solar
Nineteenth century rock and roller
He put Balzac back in his baby stroller
And this ain't no litcrit hyperbola
Or the latest Francis Ford Coppola
You don't need a holiday in Angola
You need this novel by Emile Zola
It's raw like a bad case of ebola
It's atomic like gay enola
Not pretty like a gladiola
Or sweet like a tune from a old victrola
He told the truth like the Ayatollah
He was revolutionary like Hizbollah
He never needed no payola
He didn't have a Motorola
He wrote the truth, he was Emile Zola
Like a panel he was solar
Nineteenth century rock and roller
He put Balzac back in his baby stroller
And this ain't no litcrit hyperbola
September 17, 2011
You know how it is. Your mother marries you to your sexless cousin and in silent defiance you enter a torrid affair with a peasant painter. All those hours spent humouring the dull man in your dreary shop, waiting for your next animalistic tussle with your fiery lover. Then one day, you realise the conventions of early 19thC society are going to prevent you from ditching the boring old blood tie, and you will never be free to give yourself to true love.
God, the boredom! I mean, you can鈥檛 even knit properly, can you? That last cardigan was missing an armhole and wasn鈥檛 even big enough for my nephew! So what do you have to live for? You are, after all, a docile little mouse brimming with despair and desperation whose only chance at happiness lies in the arms of a bone-idle gadabout who only wanted a quick shag anyway. Perhaps if he bumped off your other half, made it look like an accident?
Oh now you鈥檝e gone and done it. Didn鈥檛 I warn you watching your husband drown would come back to haunt you? How do you expect to look your mother in the eye ever again, you dozy bint? Well. I suppose it鈥檒l have to be several years of mental torment, depression and unrelenting misery, followed by a teary confession to your paralysed mother, until someone finally pours you a cup of poison and ends your sorry lot once and for all.
Hold out, there鈥檚 hope. But not in this book.
God, the boredom! I mean, you can鈥檛 even knit properly, can you? That last cardigan was missing an armhole and wasn鈥檛 even big enough for my nephew! So what do you have to live for? You are, after all, a docile little mouse brimming with despair and desperation whose only chance at happiness lies in the arms of a bone-idle gadabout who only wanted a quick shag anyway. Perhaps if he bumped off your other half, made it look like an accident?
Oh now you鈥檝e gone and done it. Didn鈥檛 I warn you watching your husband drown would come back to haunt you? How do you expect to look your mother in the eye ever again, you dozy bint? Well. I suppose it鈥檒l have to be several years of mental torment, depression and unrelenting misery, followed by a teary confession to your paralysed mother, until someone finally pours you a cup of poison and ends your sorry lot once and for all.
Hold out, there鈥檚 hope. But not in this book.
June 27, 2022
A la tercera va la perdida, una pena despu茅s de las maravillosas lecturas que fueron Germinal y Nana. Y eso que la cosa no pudo empezar mejor. Me parec铆a estar leyendo una de esas novelas duras de Simenon donde el autor recrea de esa forma tan genial exasperantes atm贸sferas en torno a personas anodinas, sin car谩cter, como animalillos que la vida maneja a su antojo, que nos inducen a esperar lo peor de ellas鈥�
鈥溾€ostraba siempre un humor uniforme y acomodaticio; pon铆a toda su voluntad en hacer de s铆 un instrumento pasivo, de complacencia y abnegaci贸n sumas.鈥�鈥� personas en las que de pronto se desbordan unas emociones de las que nadie les crey贸 capaces y que llegado el momento fatal les es imposible controlar ni les quedan fuerzas para postergar unos deseos que sienten de forma tan imperiosa.
鈥淓n lo que a ella se refer铆a, hallaba una amarga voluptuosidad en el hecho de enga帽ar a Camille y a la se帽ora Raquin; no se holgaba, como Laurent, en una rudimentaria satisfacci贸n de sus deseos, inconsciente del deber; sab铆a que estaba cometiendo una mala acci贸n y le entraban feroces deseos de levantarse de la mesa y besar a Laurent con todas sus ganas para que su marido y su t铆a viesen que no era un animal dom茅stico y que ten铆a un amante.鈥�Todo iba bien, realmente muy bien, en este camino s贸rdido y fuertemente inclinado hacia una amoralidad que era m谩s un desquite rabioso que una oportunidad de placer.
鈥溌y, c贸mo estaba enga帽ando a aquella buena gente y qu茅 feliz la hac铆a enga帽arla con tan triunfal desverg眉enza!鈥�Y esto fue el primer tercio del libro. El resto fue un tedioso rumiar la culpa que se extendi贸 a lo largo de los dos tercios restantes. Hasta tal punto lleg贸 a aburrime que poc贸 falt贸 para calificarla solo con dos estrellas, pero dada la simpat铆a que siento por el autor y lo que disfrut茅 de ese primer tercio de la novela al final ced铆.
Un 煤ltimo apunte. A pesar la largu铆sima penitencia que sufren los dos protagonistas, la cr铆tica de la 茅poca se ensa帽贸 con la novela tach谩ndola de obscena por reflejar de forma tan expl铆cita las pasiones y el comportamiento vil de los personajes (tambi茅n se dice que es la obra inaugural del estilo naturalista del autor y ya se sabe que los comienzos no son nunca f谩ciles). Tanto es as铆, que el autor sinti贸 la necesidad de acompa帽ar las siguientes ediciones de un pr贸logo de explicaci贸n y r茅plica. No deja de ser curiosa esa reprobaci贸n p煤blica, pues es tal el ensa帽amiento del autor con los personajes y su obsesivo remordimiento, es tal el autocastigo, que el comportamiento previo queda claramente postergado a un segundo plano.
April 4, 2024
This is the kind of book you survive, an obstacle course for masochists , the only people who will truly love it, don't get me wrong a very talented writer in his first important novel shows his skill, but he has a tendency to wallow in misery, giving a reader too many painful scenes. Zola believes, to be taken seriously , he needs to inflict the maximum pain, a simple murder case becomes a protracted story even though a short novel, it seems an eternity...Critics called the book pornographic when published in 1867, ( mild by today's standards, if there are any) thus becoming a bestseller and making Zola at 27 a famous author. Now to begin; a couple that have known each other from childhood get married, not very unusual, this being the 19th century, still not shocking either because they are cousins. Therese is born in North Africa, her father is a French soldier there, a child from a native woman, no marriage, the mother dies, he a French captain in the army of conquest, brings the baby to his sister Madame Raquin in France, a widow, quickly leaves and goes back to Africa, to fight wars, years pass nothing is heard about the captain until he perishes there. Madame grows to love Therese, treats her like a daughter, a quiet girl that keeps her hate hidden deep inside , she has a sickly son the old woman, Camille does, a small pale figure illness keeps him mostly in bed, which the children share together. Therese feels revulsion toward her ghastly cousin but silent, causing no trouble, the only thing she enjoys is watching the Seine river flow by. Madame sells her little store in the country and to Paris she travels. Soon opens another dingy little shop in a dark alley that connects two important streets. Small shops with trinkets, hats and toys, cheap merchandise sold to poor working class pedestrians going by. Madame persuades Therese to become her son's wife, Therese doesn't abject, she just requires a place to live, the security of a home. Her husband, works as a clerk, brings home his best friend, Laurent, a strong, big man from a peasant family, a fellow clerk at work. Well before long Laurent and Therese begin to notice each other and like what they see ..the woman thinks Laurent is a real man, he would enjoy having a mistress, for a brief time, nothing to lose . A secret affair starts and life would be perfect if Camille wasn't around...permanently. Some calls this a story of "sin, murder and revenge", as two human animals ( Zola's words ) do what comes naturally.
July 15, 2021
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June 13, 2018
Smiling!
Realising the inappropriate reaction to my second reading of Zola's early duel with murderous passion, I try to look concerned or appalled or just plain disgusted, like his contemporary audience.
In his preface, he complains about the critics hating the novel for all the wrong reasons. And now I begin to think I might be loving it for all the wrong reasons instead.
Zola claims to have looked at the strong and passionate reaction of two lovers killing an inconvenient husband with the eyes of a medical doctor, objectively describing their brutal behaviour and their lack of ethical responses the "way they naturally are, guided purely by their flesh, their corporal desires":
"J'ai simplement fait sur deux corps vivants ce que les chirurgiens font sur les cadavres."
He bitterly rejects the critics who denounce the characters' depravation without understanding why the author chose to show them like that.
All very well.
I was prepared for a naturalistic analysis of murderers and their sexual motives, and a dull description of a non-existent conscience. But just like I wasn't prepared for the wildness of when I reread it recently, I wasn't expecting the ghost story that Zola tries to sell as a serious case study either.
Laurent, the lover of Th茅r猫se, kills her husband Camille in order to enjoy the convenience of a legal sex life and a comfortable financial status. While pushing the resisting friend into a river from a boat, he receives a bite on his neck, which remains as a scar and a "bite of conscience" - "ein Gewissensbiss" it is quite literally in German.
Instead of living happily ever after the perfect crime, the lovers turned spouses spiral into grotesque madness and evil, suffering through their lives with the image of the victim, before engaging in a final danse macabre in front of the murdered Camille's paralysed mother. In death, they unite with Camille through the touch of the scar.
All very Gothic, all very dramatic, all very symbolic.
All very realistic? Nah!
Despite himself, Zola created an almost religious morality tale of crime and punishment. He took away god from the equation, and put the human body in its place, but the result is the same: the impossibility to shake off sin and to live calmly with a "bad" conscience, be it located in body or soul.
In a way, his draconian writer ego is harsher than most deities, and he strikes his characters where it hurts most: he makes them impotent and incapable of pleasure.
So Zola, my dear friend, I apologise for liking your story for the wrong reasons, and for smiling at your defence of naturalism in this tragedy in several acts, leaving all protagonists dead by murder or suicide in the final showdown on stage.
Recommended - probably for the wrong reasons!
Realising the inappropriate reaction to my second reading of Zola's early duel with murderous passion, I try to look concerned or appalled or just plain disgusted, like his contemporary audience.
In his preface, he complains about the critics hating the novel for all the wrong reasons. And now I begin to think I might be loving it for all the wrong reasons instead.
Zola claims to have looked at the strong and passionate reaction of two lovers killing an inconvenient husband with the eyes of a medical doctor, objectively describing their brutal behaviour and their lack of ethical responses the "way they naturally are, guided purely by their flesh, their corporal desires":
"J'ai simplement fait sur deux corps vivants ce que les chirurgiens font sur les cadavres."
He bitterly rejects the critics who denounce the characters' depravation without understanding why the author chose to show them like that.
All very well.
I was prepared for a naturalistic analysis of murderers and their sexual motives, and a dull description of a non-existent conscience. But just like I wasn't prepared for the wildness of when I reread it recently, I wasn't expecting the ghost story that Zola tries to sell as a serious case study either.
Laurent, the lover of Th茅r猫se, kills her husband Camille in order to enjoy the convenience of a legal sex life and a comfortable financial status. While pushing the resisting friend into a river from a boat, he receives a bite on his neck, which remains as a scar and a "bite of conscience" - "ein Gewissensbiss" it is quite literally in German.
Instead of living happily ever after the perfect crime, the lovers turned spouses spiral into grotesque madness and evil, suffering through their lives with the image of the victim, before engaging in a final danse macabre in front of the murdered Camille's paralysed mother. In death, they unite with Camille through the touch of the scar.
All very Gothic, all very dramatic, all very symbolic.
All very realistic? Nah!
Despite himself, Zola created an almost religious morality tale of crime and punishment. He took away god from the equation, and put the human body in its place, but the result is the same: the impossibility to shake off sin and to live calmly with a "bad" conscience, be it located in body or soul.
In a way, his draconian writer ego is harsher than most deities, and he strikes his characters where it hurts most: he makes them impotent and incapable of pleasure.
So Zola, my dear friend, I apologise for liking your story for the wrong reasons, and for smiling at your defence of naturalism in this tragedy in several acts, leaving all protagonists dead by murder or suicide in the final showdown on stage.
Recommended - probably for the wrong reasons!
September 10, 2021
What happens when a married woman and her lover conspire to murder her husband so they can be together?
Do they live happily ever after?
Ha! Yeah, right.
A short, easy classic with a touch of smut, a dash of murder, and a couple of repulsive characters who I almost felt sorry for in the end.
Do they live happily ever after?
Ha! Yeah, right.
A short, easy classic with a touch of smut, a dash of murder, and a couple of repulsive characters who I almost felt sorry for in the end.
April 12, 2024
Th茅r猫se Raquin is another version of the age-old story of love, lust, adultery, and murder. Yet, 脡mile Zola's presentation of the story of this theme stands apart from the ordinary stories that have touched the same theme. The reason is that Zola's rendition exceeds the characteristics of a story and makes it a study. Zola's own words make it clear: "In Th茅r猫se Raquin I set out to study temperament, not character. That sums up the whole book. I chose protagonists who were supremely dominated by their nerves and their blood, deprived of free will and drawn into every action of their lives by the predetermined lot of their flesh".
Zola's study presents to us the psychological and physiological trauma of two people who have committed a heinous crime. Instead of reaping the fruit of happiness and tranquility which they hoped to gain, they are tormented constantly by the thought of their crime and haunted by the images of their victim which drive them to the point of madness. With their cunning and through play-acting they evade the law, but nothing can alleviate the mental and physical agonies that are set in motion by their crime. Zola stresses that his story is only a physiological and psychological study exempting the conscience. "The love between my two heroes is the satisfaction of a need; the murder that they commit is the outcome of their adultery, an outcome that they accept as wolves accept the killing of a sheep; and finally, what I have been compelled to call their 鈥榬emorse鈥�, consists in a simple organic disruption, a revolt of the nervous system when it has been stretched to breaking point.". When Zola describes the state of the male counterpart of the crime he says that "His remorse was purely physical. His conscience played no part in his terror". This is what makes this work unique. The remorse of the criminals doesn't arise from any guilty conscience, nor from repentance. It only arises from a selfish feeling of having being deprived of their happiness and tranquility. Until Th茅r猫se Raquin, I cannot recall reading a book which talks of remorse devoid of conscience. It was fascinating as well as disturbing.
Zola's writing is the key feature here. There are only a few characters, and the story is focused on the two protagonists. So, Zola needed to score through his writing. And he has done it superbly. His writing is powerful, intense, and suspenseful. Notwithstanding the grotesque picture the story paints, it urges on the reader towards the end, to learn what retribution is in store for the criminals.
The story is a little far-fetched and at times, unrealistic. But this was done deliberately, for, a fantastic story was necessary for Zola to stress his point. This was a scientific study for him. His naturalistic style produced only a detached and factual observation devoid of any emotion. The overall effect of this combination is to create a darker ambiance and disturbing content. However, as a study, Zola has excelled in bringing out the physiological and psychological changes of two people who have set the course of their own destruction.
Despite the excellence of Zola's writing and the thematic novelty, reading it wasn't a pleasing experience. I was drawn into the story through the power of Zola's writing but at the same time, I couldn't ignore the fluttering of my stomach. Some of the passages were so grotesque and horrifying that I had to go through them with an effort. It's a great work, no doubt, but one suitable for stronger constitutions than me. :)
Zola's study presents to us the psychological and physiological trauma of two people who have committed a heinous crime. Instead of reaping the fruit of happiness and tranquility which they hoped to gain, they are tormented constantly by the thought of their crime and haunted by the images of their victim which drive them to the point of madness. With their cunning and through play-acting they evade the law, but nothing can alleviate the mental and physical agonies that are set in motion by their crime. Zola stresses that his story is only a physiological and psychological study exempting the conscience. "The love between my two heroes is the satisfaction of a need; the murder that they commit is the outcome of their adultery, an outcome that they accept as wolves accept the killing of a sheep; and finally, what I have been compelled to call their 鈥榬emorse鈥�, consists in a simple organic disruption, a revolt of the nervous system when it has been stretched to breaking point.". When Zola describes the state of the male counterpart of the crime he says that "His remorse was purely physical. His conscience played no part in his terror". This is what makes this work unique. The remorse of the criminals doesn't arise from any guilty conscience, nor from repentance. It only arises from a selfish feeling of having being deprived of their happiness and tranquility. Until Th茅r猫se Raquin, I cannot recall reading a book which talks of remorse devoid of conscience. It was fascinating as well as disturbing.
Zola's writing is the key feature here. There are only a few characters, and the story is focused on the two protagonists. So, Zola needed to score through his writing. And he has done it superbly. His writing is powerful, intense, and suspenseful. Notwithstanding the grotesque picture the story paints, it urges on the reader towards the end, to learn what retribution is in store for the criminals.
The story is a little far-fetched and at times, unrealistic. But this was done deliberately, for, a fantastic story was necessary for Zola to stress his point. This was a scientific study for him. His naturalistic style produced only a detached and factual observation devoid of any emotion. The overall effect of this combination is to create a darker ambiance and disturbing content. However, as a study, Zola has excelled in bringing out the physiological and psychological changes of two people who have set the course of their own destruction.
Despite the excellence of Zola's writing and the thematic novelty, reading it wasn't a pleasing experience. I was drawn into the story through the power of Zola's writing but at the same time, I couldn't ignore the fluttering of my stomach. Some of the passages were so grotesque and horrifying that I had to go through them with an effort. It's a great work, no doubt, but one suitable for stronger constitutions than me. :)
October 4, 2023
White petticoats will never be the same. Cats, too. And card games. . .
Emile, mon cher,
What have you done? Not since Eve has a woman caused as much trouble. Drive a man to commit a murder? That's bad. But the rest? You spill the beans on my sex. You lay us bare as we long to be. You show us in all our flesh and hair. You give sound to our lovemaking. You tell of our "urge to push" a "clenched fist" into a mouth that's not ours. You do all this with four characters (one killed off early), a single setting (in place and time), and the "clear and natural language" that you yourself claim makes "a good novel." And I agree. Wholeheartedly. I loved it!
Je t'embrasse
Gigi
PS I prefer other covers. This is too sad for such a fun book. The nude on the Kindle edition is better. But, this is the one with Leonard Tancock's translation and introduction that I read.
Emile, mon cher,
What have you done? Not since Eve has a woman caused as much trouble. Drive a man to commit a murder? That's bad. But the rest? You spill the beans on my sex. You lay us bare as we long to be. You show us in all our flesh and hair. You give sound to our lovemaking. You tell of our "urge to push" a "clenched fist" into a mouth that's not ours. You do all this with four characters (one killed off early), a single setting (in place and time), and the "clear and natural language" that you yourself claim makes "a good novel." And I agree. Wholeheartedly. I loved it!
Je t'embrasse
Gigi
PS I prefer other covers. This is too sad for such a fun book. The nude on the Kindle edition is better. But, this is the one with Leonard Tancock's translation and introduction that I read.
December 22, 2023
鬲乇夭乇丕讴賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕亘胤賴 賲蹖丕賳 夭賳蹖 亘賴 賳丕賲 鬲乇夭 亘丕 賱賵乇丕賳 賲乇丿 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖 賯賵蹖 賴蹖讴賱蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 亘丕 卮賵乇 賵 卮賴賵鬲 卮乇賵毓 卮丿賴 貙 亘丕 噩賳丕蹖鬲 丕丿丕賲賴 蹖丕賮鬲賴 賵 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 亘丕 噩賳賵賳 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲蹖 蹖丕亘丿 . 亘乇禺賱丕賮 丿蹖诏乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴賱丕爻蹖讴 鬲氐賵蹖乇蹖 讴賴 夭賵賱丕 丕夭 乇丕亘胤賴 賲蹖丕賳 夭賳 賵 賲乇丿 鬲乇爻蹖賲 讴乇丿賴 乇丕亘胤賴 丕蹖 卮賴賵丕賳蹖 賵 亘乇 賲亘賳丕蹖 賲蹖賱 睾乇蹖夭蹖 賵 噩賳爻蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 . 賳诏丕賴 乇蹖夭 亘蹖賳 夭賵賱丕 賳賯卮 倬乇乇賳诏 睾乇蹖夭賴 乇丕 丿乇 倬蹖卮 亘乇丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賮丕噩毓賴 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴丿 .
卮丕蹖丿 亘鬲賵丕賳 鬲賮丕賵鬲 讴丕賲蹖 賵 賱賵乇丕賳 丿乇 亘乇丌賵乇丿賴 讴乇丿賳 賳蹖丕夭 鬲乇夭 乇丕 毓丕賲賱 丕爻丕爻蹖 丿乇 爻賵賯 丿丕丿賳 丌賳丕賳 亘賴 爻賲鬲 噩賳丕蹖鬲 丿丕賳爻鬲 貙 丌賳诏丕賴 讴賴 鬲乇夭 亘丕夭賵丕賳 亘蹖 噩丕賳 賵 賳丕鬲賵丕賳 讴丕賲蹖 乇丕 亘丕 亘丕夭賵丕賳 倬乇夭賵乇 賱賵乇丕賳 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 诏賵蹖蹖 讴賴 丕夭 禺賵丕亘蹖 毓賲蹖賯 亘乇禺丕爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賵 丿蹖诏乇 鬲賳賴丕 賴賵爻 賲毓丕卮賯賴 丿丕乇丿 . 鬲賲丕爻 亘丕 賱賵乇丕賳 賳蹖乇賵賲賳丿 亘乇 丕賳丿丕賲 鬲乇夭 乇毓卮賴 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴 . 丕夭 胤乇賮 丿蹖诏乇 賱賵乇丕賳 賴賲 趩賴乇賴 亘蹖 乇賳诏 賵 乇賵蹖 夭賳 乇丕 夭蹖亘丕 賵 卮讴賮鬲賴 賲蹖 亘蹖賳丿 . 诏賵蹖蹖 賱亘賴丕 賵 趩卮賲丕賳卮 亘乇賯 賲蹖 夭賳丿 賵 趩賴乇賴 丕卮 賴賲 丕夭 卮毓賮 賲蹖 丿乇禺卮丿 .
丿乇 賯爻賲鬲 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 噩丿蹖丿蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘賴 鬲乇夭 賵 賱賵乇丕賳 鬲丨賲蹖賱 卮丿賴 讴賴 丌賳乇丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿賵诏丕賳賴 賳丕賲蹖丿賴 乇丕 卮乇丨 賲蹖 丿賴丿 貙 丕賵 丿乇 賴乇蹖讴 丕夭 丌賳 賴丕 丿賵 賲賵噩賵丿 讴丕賲賱丕 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賲蹖 亘蹖賳丿 貙 蹖讴蹖 毓氐亘蹖 賵 倬乇蹖卮丕賳 丨丕賱 賵 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賲賵噩賵丿蹖 亘蹖 丨丕賱 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴丕乇 . 賴乇丕爻丕賳 丿乇 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 賵 丌爻賵丿賴 禺丕胤乇 丿乇 噩賲毓 .
丌賳诏賵賳賴 讴賴 賳丕卮乇 讴鬲丕亘 貙 賮乇賴賳诏 賲毓丕氐乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 鬲乇夭乇丕讴賳 讴賱蹖丿 賵乇賵丿 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 夭賵賱丕 貙 丿乇讴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕賵賵丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 亘丕 爻亘讴 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻賲 丕爻鬲 貙 丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賵 鬲乇夭乇丕讴賳 乇丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲賴賲蹖 丿乇 亘丕亘 卮賳丕禺鬲 夭賵賱丕 丿丕賳爻鬲 .
丿賵爻鬲 亘夭乇诏賵丕乇 噩賳丕亘 賲丨賲丿 賳噩丕亘鬲蹖 賲鬲乇噩賲 鬲乇夭丕 乇丕讴賳 賴爻鬲賳丿貙 鬲乇噩賲賴 丕蹖卮丕賳 丿賯蹖賯 貙 夭賳丿賴 賵 噩丕賳丿丕乇 丕爻鬲 貙 賲賴丕乇鬲 賵 丕爻鬲丕丿蹖 噩賳丕亘 賳噩丕亘鬲蹖 丿乇亘乇诏乇丿丕賳丿賳 乇賵丨 賵 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 夭賵賱丕 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 丨賮馗 爻亘讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 爻禺鬲 爻鬲賵丿賳蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 .
卮丕蹖丿 亘鬲賵丕賳 鬲賮丕賵鬲 讴丕賲蹖 賵 賱賵乇丕賳 丿乇 亘乇丌賵乇丿賴 讴乇丿賳 賳蹖丕夭 鬲乇夭 乇丕 毓丕賲賱 丕爻丕爻蹖 丿乇 爻賵賯 丿丕丿賳 丌賳丕賳 亘賴 爻賲鬲 噩賳丕蹖鬲 丿丕賳爻鬲 貙 丌賳诏丕賴 讴賴 鬲乇夭 亘丕夭賵丕賳 亘蹖 噩丕賳 賵 賳丕鬲賵丕賳 讴丕賲蹖 乇丕 亘丕 亘丕夭賵丕賳 倬乇夭賵乇 賱賵乇丕賳 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 诏賵蹖蹖 讴賴 丕夭 禺賵丕亘蹖 毓賲蹖賯 亘乇禺丕爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賵 丿蹖诏乇 鬲賳賴丕 賴賵爻 賲毓丕卮賯賴 丿丕乇丿 . 鬲賲丕爻 亘丕 賱賵乇丕賳 賳蹖乇賵賲賳丿 亘乇 丕賳丿丕賲 鬲乇夭 乇毓卮賴 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴 . 丕夭 胤乇賮 丿蹖诏乇 賱賵乇丕賳 賴賲 趩賴乇賴 亘蹖 乇賳诏 賵 乇賵蹖 夭賳 乇丕 夭蹖亘丕 賵 卮讴賮鬲賴 賲蹖 亘蹖賳丿 . 诏賵蹖蹖 賱亘賴丕 賵 趩卮賲丕賳卮 亘乇賯 賲蹖 夭賳丿 賵 趩賴乇賴 丕卮 賴賲 丕夭 卮毓賮 賲蹖 丿乇禺卮丿 .
丿乇 賯爻賲鬲 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 噩丿蹖丿蹖 乇丕 讴賴 亘賴 鬲乇夭 賵 賱賵乇丕賳 鬲丨賲蹖賱 卮丿賴 讴賴 丌賳乇丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿賵诏丕賳賴 賳丕賲蹖丿賴 乇丕 卮乇丨 賲蹖 丿賴丿 貙 丕賵 丿乇 賴乇蹖讴 丕夭 丌賳 賴丕 丿賵 賲賵噩賵丿 讴丕賲賱丕 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賲蹖 亘蹖賳丿 貙 蹖讴蹖 毓氐亘蹖 賵 倬乇蹖卮丕賳 丨丕賱 賵 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賲賵噩賵丿蹖 亘蹖 丨丕賱 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴丕乇 . 賴乇丕爻丕賳 丿乇 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 賵 丌爻賵丿賴 禺丕胤乇 丿乇 噩賲毓 .
丌賳诏賵賳賴 讴賴 賳丕卮乇 讴鬲丕亘 貙 賮乇賴賳诏 賲毓丕氐乇 賳賵卮鬲賴 鬲乇夭乇丕讴賳 讴賱蹖丿 賵乇賵丿 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 夭賵賱丕 貙 丿乇讴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕賵賵丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 亘丕 爻亘讴 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻賲 丕爻鬲 貙 丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賵 鬲乇夭乇丕讴賳 乇丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲賴賲蹖 丿乇 亘丕亘 卮賳丕禺鬲 夭賵賱丕 丿丕賳爻鬲 .
丿賵爻鬲 亘夭乇诏賵丕乇 噩賳丕亘 賲丨賲丿 賳噩丕亘鬲蹖 賲鬲乇噩賲 鬲乇夭丕 乇丕讴賳 賴爻鬲賳丿貙 鬲乇噩賲賴 丕蹖卮丕賳 丿賯蹖賯 貙 夭賳丿賴 賵 噩丕賳丿丕乇 丕爻鬲 貙 賲賴丕乇鬲 賵 丕爻鬲丕丿蹖 噩賳丕亘 賳噩丕亘鬲蹖 丿乇亘乇诏乇丿丕賳丿賳 乇賵丨 賵 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 夭賵賱丕 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 丨賮馗 爻亘讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 爻禺鬲 爻鬲賵丿賳蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 .
March 26, 2021
賵賴賰匕丕 鬲鬲賳亘丕賷賳 毓丿丕賱丞 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賵毓丿丕賱丞 丕賱乇丨賲賳
賱丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 兀賲賷賱 夭賵賱丕 賰鬲亘 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓亘丕乇丞 丕賱賵丕乇丿丞 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱毓賲賱貙 賵廿賳賲丕 賴賷 賲賳 廿囟丕賮丞 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲貙 賱賰賳賴丕 鬲毓亘乇 亘卮丿丞 毓賳 賲睾夭賶 丕賱毓賲賱貨 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲胤賵賱 賰賱 賲噩乇賲 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 乇丕卅毓丞貙 丕賱賮賰乇丞 噩賷丿丞 賵鬲爻賱爻賱 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 爻乇賷毓 賵賲賲鬲毓 賮賱丕 鬲卮毓乇 亘丕賱賲賱賱 賷鬲爻乇亘 廿賱賷賰 賮賷 兀賷 賲乇丨賱丞 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貙 賷毓丕亘 毓賱賷賴丕 兀賳 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱毓賲賱 亘賱丕 丕爻鬲孬賳丕亍 爻賷卅丞 賵賱賴丕 丿賵丕賮毓 丕噩乇丕賲賷丞貙 賵丨鬲賶 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱胤賷亘丞 "賰丕亘賵卮" 丕乇鬲賰亘 噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 賵丿賮毓 孬賲賳 噩乇賷賲丞 兀禺乇賶 賱賲 賷乇鬲賰亘賴丕 .. 兀賷囟丕 匕賱賰 丕賱賲乇囟 丕賱睾乇賷亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賳鬲丕亘 "噩丕賰" 賵鬲賱賰 丕賱卮賴賵丞 丕賱睾丕賲囟丞 賱賱賯鬲賱 賱賲 丕爻賲毓 毓賳賴丕 賲賳 賯亘賱貙 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 .. 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇賷丞 兀賷囟丕 亘毓賯丕亘 賰賱 丕賱賲匕賳亘賷賳 賯丿 賱丕 賳噩丿賴丕 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞
亘賵噩賴 毓丕賲 乇賵丕賷丞 噩賷丿丞 匕丕鬲 賲睾夭賶 賵賲卮賵賯丞
賱丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 兀賲賷賱 夭賵賱丕 賰鬲亘 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓亘丕乇丞 丕賱賵丕乇丿丞 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱毓賲賱貙 賵廿賳賲丕 賴賷 賲賳 廿囟丕賮丞 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲貙 賱賰賳賴丕 鬲毓亘乇 亘卮丿丞 毓賳 賲睾夭賶 丕賱毓賲賱貨 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲胤賵賱 賰賱 賲噩乇賲 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 乇丕卅毓丞貙 丕賱賮賰乇丞 噩賷丿丞 賵鬲爻賱爻賱 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 爻乇賷毓 賵賲賲鬲毓 賮賱丕 鬲卮毓乇 亘丕賱賲賱賱 賷鬲爻乇亘 廿賱賷賰 賮賷 兀賷 賲乇丨賱丞 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貙 賷毓丕亘 毓賱賷賴丕 兀賳 賰賱 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱毓賲賱 亘賱丕 丕爻鬲孬賳丕亍 爻賷卅丞 賵賱賴丕 丿賵丕賮毓 丕噩乇丕賲賷丞貙 賵丨鬲賶 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱胤賷亘丞 "賰丕亘賵卮" 丕乇鬲賰亘 噩乇賷賲丞 賯鬲賱 賵丿賮毓 孬賲賳 噩乇賷賲丞 兀禺乇賶 賱賲 賷乇鬲賰亘賴丕 .. 兀賷囟丕 匕賱賰 丕賱賲乇囟 丕賱睾乇賷亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賳鬲丕亘 "噩丕賰" 賵鬲賱賰 丕賱卮賴賵丞 丕賱睾丕賲囟丞 賱賱賯鬲賱 賱賲 丕爻賲毓 毓賳賴丕 賲賳 賯亘賱貙 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 .. 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱卮丕毓乇賷丞 兀賷囟丕 亘毓賯丕亘 賰賱 丕賱賲匕賳亘賷賳 賯丿 賱丕 賳噩丿賴丕 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞
亘賵噩賴 毓丕賲 乇賵丕賷丞 噩賷丿丞 匕丕鬲 賲睾夭賶 賵賲卮賵賯丞
June 14, 2024
How beautifully written this was! The portrayal of the characters, their emotions, everything was superb!
鈥淚 will kill him, I will kill him.鈥�
Th茅r猫se Raquin is young and beautiful and unhappily married to her sick and selfish cousin Camille.
After meeting Laurent, Camille's good-for-nothing friend , she begins a passionate affair with him. But the couple want more than a clandestine affair; they want Camille out of their way.
Th茅r猫se Raquin is a tale of adultery, murder, repentance and damnation.
At the bottom of their hearts they were afraid. They had leant, so to say, one on the other above an unfathomable depth, attracted to it by its horror. They bent over the abyss together,
clinging silently to one another, while feelings of intense giddiness enfeebled their limbs and gave them falling madness.
鈥淚 will kill him, I will kill him.鈥�
Th茅r猫se Raquin is young and beautiful and unhappily married to her sick and selfish cousin Camille.
After meeting Laurent, Camille's good-for-nothing friend , she begins a passionate affair with him. But the couple want more than a clandestine affair; they want Camille out of their way.
Th茅r猫se Raquin is a tale of adultery, murder, repentance and damnation.
At the bottom of their hearts they were afraid. They had leant, so to say, one on the other above an unfathomable depth, attracted to it by its horror. They bent over the abyss together,
clinging silently to one another, while feelings of intense giddiness enfeebled their limbs and gave them falling madness.
December 18, 2021
乇賲丕賳 鬲乇夭 乇丕讴蹖賳賽听夭賵賱丕貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丕夭 卮賴賵鬲貙 噩賳賵賳 賵 賵蹖乇丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 讴賵趩賴 倬爻 讴賵趩賴 賴丕蹖 鬲蹖乇賴 賵 鬲丕乇 倬丕乇蹖爻 丕鬲賮丕賯 賲蹖 丕賮鬲丿.听賯賴乇賲丕賳 夭賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 賳丕賲鈥� 鬲乇夭丕貙 夭賳 噩賵丕賳 爻乇讴賵亘 卮丿賴 賵 賲賳賮毓賱蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 胤亘賯 賲蹖賱 毓賲賴 丕卮 亘丕 倬爻乇 毓賲賴 亘蹖賲丕乇卮 讴丕賲蹖 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖 讴賳丿.听賴賳诏丕賲蹖 讴賴 鬲乇夭 亘丕 丿賵爻鬲 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖蹖 賵 禺賵卮 亘賳蹖賴 讴丕賲蹖 亘賴 賳丕賲 賱賵乇賳 賲賱丕賯丕鬲 賲蹖 讴賳丿貙 賴賵爻 賴丕蹖 倬乇 卮賵乇 賵 丕卮鬲蹖丕賯 賲鬲賱丕胤賲 亘蹖賳 丌賳 丿賵 丕蹖噩丕丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿 讴賴 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘賴 爻賲鬲 賯鬲賱 爻賵賯 賲蹖 丿賴丿...
賯亘賱 丕夭 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 乇賲丕賳听鬲乇夭 乇丕讴蹖賳听丿乇 爻丕賱 郾鄹鄱鄯貙 噩丕賲毓賴 丕丿亘蹖 倬丕乇蹖爻 亘賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖蹖 毓丕丿鬲 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 丕夭 亘乇乇爻蹖 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖貙 禺卮賵賳鬲 賵 賴蹖噩丕賳丕鬲 噩賳爻蹖 丕噩鬲賳丕亘 賲蹖 讴乇丿.听丕賲丕 丕賲蹖賱 夭賵賱丕 亘賴 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻賲 毓賱丕賯賴 賲賳丿 亘賵丿貨 蹖讴 噩賳亘卮 丕丿亘蹖 讴賴 丕夭 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 賳卮兀鬲 诏乇賮鬲貙 丕賲丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 毓賱賲貙 毓蹖賳蹖鬲貙 賵 噩亘乇诏乇丕蹖蹖 (蹖丕 丕蹖賳 丕蹖丿賴 讴賴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 鬲賵爻胤 毓賱賱 丕夭 倬蹖卮 賲賵噩賵丿 鬲毓蹖蹖賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿) 鬲賵噩賴 丿丕卮鬲.听丕賵 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й屫� 乇丕 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 毓蹖賳蹖鬲 亘蹖鈥屫坟辟佦� 讴賴 蹖讴 丿丕賳卮賲賳丿 蹖丕 丿讴鬲乇 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 賴賳诏丕賲 賲卮丕賴丿賴 爻賵跇賴鈥屬囏� 丿乇 蹖讴 丌夭賲丕蹖卮 丕夭 丌賳 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴賳丿貙 亘丕夭賳賲丕蹖蹖 讴賳丿. 亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳 丕夭 亘蹖丕賳 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 鬲賱禺 賵 夭賳賳丿賴 丿乇听鬲乇夭 乇丕讴蹖賳 丕亘丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲. 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丌賳賯丿乇 夭賳賳丿賴 讴賴 毓賲賵賲 賲乇丿賲 乇丕 賳丕乇丕丨鬲 讴乇丿.听丕賳 乇賵夭賴丕 夭賵賱丕 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 蹖讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 睾蹖乇丕禺賱丕賯蹖 倬賵乇賳賵诏乇丕賮蹖 賲毓乇賵賮 卮丿貙 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 賴蹖丕賴賵蹖 毓賲賵賲蹖 鬲兀孬蹖乇蹖 亘乇 丕賵 賳诏匕丕卮鬲.
夭賵賱丕 丿乇 倬蹖卮诏賮鬲丕乇 禺賵丿 亘乇丕蹖 賵蹖乇丕蹖卮 丿賵賲貙 丕氐賵賱 乇賵蹖讴乇丿 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻鬲蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賳 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿 賵 丕夭 丌孬丕乇 禺賵丿 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 丕鬲賴丕賲丕鬲 丿賮丕毓 讴乇丿.听丕賵 诏賮鬲 讴賴 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 賳賵毓蹖 賲胤丕賱毓賴 毓賱賲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕毓賲丕賱 "丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳蹖" 乇丕 孬亘鬲 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 丕毓賲丕賱蹖 讴賴 亘購乇賵夭 丌賳賴丕 讴丕賲賱丕賸 鬲賵爻胤 "賲夭丕噩" 鬲毓蹖蹖賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 丕蹖賳 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 鬲丨鬲 鬲丕孬蹖乇 丌賲賵夭賴 賴丕蹖 賯乇賵賳 賵爻胤丕蹖蹖 胤亘丕蹖毓 趩賴丕乇诏丕賳賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 胤亘賯 丌賳 夭賵賱丕 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴 诏乇賮鬲 讴賴 禺賱賯 賵 禺賵蹖 "亘賱睾賲蹖" 賱賵乇丕賳 亘丕 禺賱賯 賵 禺賵蹖 "氐賮乇丕賵蹖" 鬲乇夭 賲禺丕賱賮 丕爻鬲 賵 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 丌賳賴丕 亘丕賴賲 賲賳噩乇 亘賴 乇賵丕賳 乇賳噩賵乇蹖 賵 賲鬲賱丕卮蹖 卮丿賳 丕毓氐丕亘 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 夭賵賱丕 亘賴 鬲兀孬蹖乇 賲丨蹖胤 鬲乇亘蹖鬲蹖 亘乇 丕毓賲丕賱 丕賳爻丕賳 鬲丕讴蹖丿 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 丿乇 賳賵毓 禺賵丿 丿蹖丿诏丕賴蹖 鬲丕夭賴 亘賵丿.
亘丕 丕蹖賳 丨丕賱貙 乇賲丕賳 鬲乇夭 乇丕讴賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 賲賮丕賴蹖賲 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕禺鬲蹖 賲賳爻賵禺 丕爻鬲.听亘丕 賵噩賵丿 鬲賲丕賲 丕丿毓丕賴丕蹖 夭賵賱丕 賲亘賳蹖 亘乇 毓蹖賳蹖鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏蹖貙 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 乇丕 亘爻蹖丕乇 趩卮賲诏蹖乇 賲蹖 讴賳丿 诏賳噩丕賳丿賳 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 毓噩蹖亘 賵 睾乇蹖亘 賵 賳賲丕丿蹖賳 丕爻鬲.听丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 毓賳丕氐乇 诏賵鬲蹖讴 賵 賲乇賲賵夭貙 蹖丕丿丕賵乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賵丨卮鬲 丕丿诏丕乇 丌賱賳 倬賵 丕爻鬲. 賲丕賳賳丿 诏乇亘賴 賲乇賲賵夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 賳賲丕丿 卮蹖胤丕賳 貙 乇賵丿禺丕賳賴 鬲丕蹖賲夭 讴賴 賳賲丕丿 賲乇诏 賵 讴賱丕爻鬲乇賵賮賵亘蹖丕貙 賵 夭禺賲 乇賵蹖 诏乇丿賳 讴賴 賳賲丕丿 賵噩丿丕賳 賳賴蹖亘 夭賳賳丿賴 賴爻鬲賳丿.
毓賱丕賵賴 亘乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 爻亘讴 卮丕禺氐 夭賵賱丕貙 鬲乇噩賲賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘夭乇诏鬲乇蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 亘賵丿 鬲丕 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 倬賳噩 爻鬲丕乇賴 亘丿賴賲. 鬲乇噩賲賴 丌賯丕蹖 賲丨賲丿 賳噩丕亘鬲蹖貙 丿賯鬲 亘蹖鈥屬嗀港屫� 賳孬乇 夭賵賱丕 乇丕 丨賮馗 讴乇丿賴 賵 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丌賳 噩丕賳 賲蹖 亘禺卮丿. 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 丕爻鬲丕丿丕賳賴 賵 乇賵丕賳 丕蹖卮丕賳貙 禺賵丕賳丿賳 乇賲丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕蹖 丿賱倬匕蹖乇貙 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 賵 亘蹖 賳馗蹖乇 鬲亘丿蹖賱 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲. 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 賲鬲乇噩賲 禺賵亘 讴卮賵乇賲丕賳 丌乇夭賵蹖 賲賵賮賯蹖鬲 乇賵夭丕賮夭賵賳 丿丕乇賲.
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賯亘賱 丕夭 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 乇賲丕賳听鬲乇夭 乇丕讴蹖賳听丿乇 爻丕賱 郾鄹鄱鄯貙 噩丕賲毓賴 丕丿亘蹖 倬丕乇蹖爻 亘賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖蹖 毓丕丿鬲 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 丕夭 亘乇乇爻蹖 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖貙 禺卮賵賳鬲 賵 賴蹖噩丕賳丕鬲 噩賳爻蹖 丕噩鬲賳丕亘 賲蹖 讴乇丿.听丕賲丕 丕賲蹖賱 夭賵賱丕 亘賴 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻賲 毓賱丕賯賴 賲賳丿 亘賵丿貨 蹖讴 噩賳亘卮 丕丿亘蹖 讴賴 丕夭 乇卅丕賱蹖爻賲 賳卮兀鬲 诏乇賮鬲貙 丕賲丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 毓賱賲貙 毓蹖賳蹖鬲貙 賵 噩亘乇诏乇丕蹖蹖 (蹖丕 丕蹖賳 丕蹖丿賴 讴賴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 鬲賵爻胤 毓賱賱 丕夭 倬蹖卮 賲賵噩賵丿 鬲毓蹖蹖賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿) 鬲賵噩賴 丿丕卮鬲.听丕賵 賲蹖鈥屫堌ж池� 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й屫� 乇丕 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 毓蹖賳蹖鬲 亘蹖鈥屫坟辟佦� 讴賴 蹖讴 丿丕賳卮賲賳丿 蹖丕 丿讴鬲乇 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 賴賳诏丕賲 賲卮丕賴丿賴 爻賵跇賴鈥屬囏� 丿乇 蹖讴 丌夭賲丕蹖卮 丕夭 丌賳 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 讴賳丿貙 亘丕夭賳賲丕蹖蹖 讴賳丿. 亘賳丕亘乇丕蹖賳 丕夭 亘蹖丕賳 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 鬲賱禺 賵 夭賳賳丿賴 丿乇听鬲乇夭 乇丕讴蹖賳 丕亘丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲. 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丌賳賯丿乇 夭賳賳丿賴 讴賴 毓賲賵賲 賲乇丿賲 乇丕 賳丕乇丕丨鬲 讴乇丿.听丕賳 乇賵夭賴丕 夭賵賱丕 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 蹖讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 睾蹖乇丕禺賱丕賯蹖 倬賵乇賳賵诏乇丕賮蹖 賲毓乇賵賮 卮丿貙 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 賴蹖丕賴賵蹖 毓賲賵賲蹖 鬲兀孬蹖乇蹖 亘乇 丕賵 賳诏匕丕卮鬲.
夭賵賱丕 丿乇 倬蹖卮诏賮鬲丕乇 禺賵丿 亘乇丕蹖 賵蹖乇丕蹖卮 丿賵賲貙 丕氐賵賱 乇賵蹖讴乇丿 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻鬲蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 賳賵卮鬲賳 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿 賵 丕夭 丌孬丕乇 禺賵丿 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 丕鬲賴丕賲丕鬲 丿賮丕毓 讴乇丿.听丕賵 诏賮鬲 讴賴 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 賳賵毓蹖 賲胤丕賱毓賴 毓賱賲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕毓賲丕賱 "丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳蹖" 乇丕 孬亘鬲 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 丕毓賲丕賱蹖 讴賴 亘購乇賵夭 丌賳賴丕 讴丕賲賱丕賸 鬲賵爻胤 "賲夭丕噩" 鬲毓蹖蹖賳 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 丕蹖賳 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 鬲丨鬲 鬲丕孬蹖乇 丌賲賵夭賴 賴丕蹖 賯乇賵賳 賵爻胤丕蹖蹖 胤亘丕蹖毓 趩賴丕乇诏丕賳賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 胤亘賯 丌賳 夭賵賱丕 丕蹖賳胤賵乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴 诏乇賮鬲 讴賴 禺賱賯 賵 禺賵蹖 "亘賱睾賲蹖" 賱賵乇丕賳 亘丕 禺賱賯 賵 禺賵蹖 "氐賮乇丕賵蹖" 鬲乇夭 賲禺丕賱賮 丕爻鬲 賵 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 丌賳賴丕 亘丕賴賲 賲賳噩乇 亘賴 乇賵丕賳 乇賳噩賵乇蹖 賵 賲鬲賱丕卮蹖 卮丿賳 丕毓氐丕亘 賲蹖 卮賵丿. 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 夭賵賱丕 亘賴 鬲兀孬蹖乇 賲丨蹖胤 鬲乇亘蹖鬲蹖 亘乇 丕毓賲丕賱 丕賳爻丕賳 鬲丕讴蹖丿 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 丿乇 賳賵毓 禺賵丿 丿蹖丿诏丕賴蹖 鬲丕夭賴 亘賵丿.
亘丕 丕蹖賳 丨丕賱貙 乇賲丕賳 鬲乇夭 乇丕讴賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 賮乇丕鬲乇 丕夭 賲賮丕賴蹖賲 乇賵丕賳卮賳丕禺鬲蹖 賲賳爻賵禺 丕爻鬲.听亘丕 賵噩賵丿 鬲賲丕賲 丕丿毓丕賴丕蹖 夭賵賱丕 賲亘賳蹖 亘乇 毓蹖賳蹖鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏蹖貙 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 乇丕 亘爻蹖丕乇 趩卮賲诏蹖乇 賲蹖 讴賳丿 诏賳噩丕賳丿賳 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 毓噩蹖亘 賵 睾乇蹖亘 賵 賳賲丕丿蹖賳 丕爻鬲.听丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 毓賳丕氐乇 诏賵鬲蹖讴 賵 賲乇賲賵夭貙 蹖丕丿丕賵乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賵丨卮鬲 丕丿诏丕乇 丌賱賳 倬賵 丕爻鬲. 賲丕賳賳丿 诏乇亘賴 賲乇賲賵夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 賳賲丕丿 卮蹖胤丕賳 貙 乇賵丿禺丕賳賴 鬲丕蹖賲夭 讴賴 賳賲丕丿 賲乇诏 賵 讴賱丕爻鬲乇賵賮賵亘蹖丕貙 賵 夭禺賲 乇賵蹖 诏乇丿賳 讴賴 賳賲丕丿 賵噩丿丕賳 賳賴蹖亘 夭賳賳丿賴 賴爻鬲賳丿.
毓賱丕賵賴 亘乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 爻亘讴 卮丕禺氐 夭賵賱丕貙 鬲乇噩賲賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘夭乇诏鬲乇蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 亘賵丿 鬲丕 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 倬賳噩 爻鬲丕乇賴 亘丿賴賲. 鬲乇噩賲賴 丌賯丕蹖 賲丨賲丿 賳噩丕亘鬲蹖貙 丿賯鬲 亘蹖鈥屬嗀港屫� 賳孬乇 夭賵賱丕 乇丕 丨賮馗 讴乇丿賴 賵 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丌賳 噩丕賳 賲蹖 亘禺卮丿. 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 丕爻鬲丕丿丕賳賴 賵 乇賵丕賳 丕蹖卮丕賳貙 禺賵丕賳丿賳 乇賲丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕蹖 丿賱倬匕蹖乇貙 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 賵 亘蹖 賳馗蹖乇 鬲亘丿蹖賱 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲. 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 賲鬲乇噩賲 禺賵亘 讴卮賵乇賲丕賳 丌乇夭賵蹖 賲賵賮賯蹖鬲 乇賵夭丕賮夭賵賳 丿丕乇賲.
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June 18, 2020
and here i thought thomas hardy was cruel to his characters...this book doesn't take long to turn into slow torture for crimes committed, and it gets darker and more dramatic until it reaches the heights of opera-vengeance. it's very tempting as a modern reader to question the characters' motivations (why not just leave?? really?? just...leave), but it was high time i read some zola, and i can continue my summer of "missed classics" with confidence.
April 22, 2021
Usually when I review a book I try to allot the stars not by the audiobook's narration but by the author's words and content. With this book I am awarding four stars but it is partially due to Kate Winslet's fantastic narration. She is as you must know a famous actress. I strongly believe I would never have been able to imagine the words with the terror and emotion evoked through her reading. She does a fantastic job. In addition, I would have been furious if at every mention of Camille's name it had been improperly pronounced. All the French streets and terms are spot-on; this is an important part of drawing the downtrodden life in the poorer, less affluent areas of Paris where the story unfolds in the latter 1800s.
You are told in the book description that Laurent and Th茅r猫se kill Camille, Th茅r猫se's husband and cousin. It is what happens afterwards that constitutes the true story. This is a psychological drama, not a murder mystery. It is suspenseful, creepy and horrifying. Are you listening? It is horrifying!! At least when it is read by Kate Winslet. She notches up the suspense, the creepiness and the horror until you are sitting on the very edge of your seat. I haven't read a horror book in years; this has given me a good dose, enough to last for at least the next ten years.
In the book description we are also told that Zola "... dispassionately dissects the motivations of his characters - mere 'human beasts', who kill in order to satisfy their lust..." I disagree; there is nothing dispassionate about this book. It is all about emotions and passions, and please note the end of that sentence I quoted. It speaks of humans behaving as beasts, filled with lust. Now that gives the proper feeling of the book.
So read this book if you want a moving study of human emotions, of fear and guilt and what propels some of us to behave feverishly and crazily. Being a horror story, I at the same time find it a bit exaggerated. Not everybody behaves like this, but you get so pulled into the tension that you feel the agony of their guilt. And what about punishment? That is another question delved into. What is the worst punishment - that we allot ourselves or that forced upon us by others? Violence and abuse, which is harsher, the physical or the psychological?
I have read this is also a study of people with different temperaments. This didn't work for me. Th茅r猫se鈥檚 aunt, Camille鈥檚 mother, is drawn as a sweet loving mother, but I see her as calculating! Laurent's temperament is clear. He is, at first at least, careful and prudent. He is calculating and egotistical, avaricious, just plain wicked. Th茅r猫se, she is drawn as a passionate figure, and yet at the same time devious and secretive. Putting together those two characteristics does not work for me. Usually emotional, passionate people simply cannot hide what they are thinking or feeling. Perhaps under the stress of her evil deed she searches everywhere for absolution and escape. You have to read the story to see where it ends.
I do recommend it, but listen to the audiobook version narrated by Kate Winslet.
You are told in the book description that Laurent and Th茅r猫se kill Camille, Th茅r猫se's husband and cousin. It is what happens afterwards that constitutes the true story. This is a psychological drama, not a murder mystery. It is suspenseful, creepy and horrifying. Are you listening? It is horrifying!! At least when it is read by Kate Winslet. She notches up the suspense, the creepiness and the horror until you are sitting on the very edge of your seat. I haven't read a horror book in years; this has given me a good dose, enough to last for at least the next ten years.
In the book description we are also told that Zola "... dispassionately dissects the motivations of his characters - mere 'human beasts', who kill in order to satisfy their lust..." I disagree; there is nothing dispassionate about this book. It is all about emotions and passions, and please note the end of that sentence I quoted. It speaks of humans behaving as beasts, filled with lust. Now that gives the proper feeling of the book.
So read this book if you want a moving study of human emotions, of fear and guilt and what propels some of us to behave feverishly and crazily. Being a horror story, I at the same time find it a bit exaggerated. Not everybody behaves like this, but you get so pulled into the tension that you feel the agony of their guilt. And what about punishment? That is another question delved into. What is the worst punishment - that we allot ourselves or that forced upon us by others? Violence and abuse, which is harsher, the physical or the psychological?
I have read this is also a study of people with different temperaments. This didn't work for me. Th茅r猫se鈥檚 aunt, Camille鈥檚 mother, is drawn as a sweet loving mother, but I see her as calculating! Laurent's temperament is clear. He is, at first at least, careful and prudent. He is calculating and egotistical, avaricious, just plain wicked. Th茅r猫se, she is drawn as a passionate figure, and yet at the same time devious and secretive. Putting together those two characteristics does not work for me. Usually emotional, passionate people simply cannot hide what they are thinking or feeling. Perhaps under the stress of her evil deed she searches everywhere for absolution and escape. You have to read the story to see where it ends.
I do recommend it, but listen to the audiobook version narrated by Kate Winslet.
October 29, 2022
There are those who will do anything to get what they want, and feel no remorse; there are those who barely try for what they want, fearing the trade-off would be too big a loss; this is a story of those somewhere in between, who will go to the furthest corners of human darkness to realize their dreams, and are then forever haunted by their actions.
This perfect tale works as both a metaphor and as a true exploration of how humans can psychologically break down: it is how 鈥渃areful what you wish for鈥� is a real warning. It is also a book about two people reeling from folie 脿 deux, forever imprisoned together by a temporary madness. The story鈥檚 complexity is within its psychological layers, and I was surprised that Hitchcock never snatched it up for one of his films.
This perfect tale works as both a metaphor and as a true exploration of how humans can psychologically break down: it is how 鈥渃areful what you wish for鈥� is a real warning. It is also a book about two people reeling from folie 脿 deux, forever imprisoned together by a temporary madness. The story鈥檚 complexity is within its psychological layers, and I was surprised that Hitchcock never snatched it up for one of his films.
October 23, 2021
鬲賷乇賷夭 乇丕賰丕賳 .. 賯氐丞 禺賷丕賳丞 . . . . . 丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲 禺賲爻 賳噩賵賲 .
賲賳 賯賱亘 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賷乇爻賲 夭賵賱丕 禺胤賵胤 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴貙 賲賳 賵丨賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱廿噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 丕賱毓丕丿賷丞 賷禺賱賯 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿丞 兀氐賱丕貙 爻鬲毓乇賮賴賲.. 賵廿賳 賱賲 鬲毓乇賮賴賲 兀賰賷丿 爻鬲賰賵賳 賯丿 爻賲毓鬲 亘賴賲貙 賵廿賳 賱賲 鬲爻賲毓 亘賴賲 賮賴匕丕 賲丐賰丿 兀賳賰 毓乇賮鬲 兀賵 爻賲毓鬲 毓賳 賳賲丕匕噩 賯乇賷亘丞 賲賳賴賲貙 賴匕丕 賴賵 夭賵賱丕 賵丕賱丕鬲噩丕賴 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷 賮賷 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 .
鬲賷乇賷夭 乇丕賰丕賳.. 賯氐賾丞 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲爻賷胤乇 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱乇睾亘丞 丕賱噩丕賲丨丞 賵丕賱丕賳爻賷丕賯 賵乇丕亍 丕賱卮賴賵丞貙 賮鬲鬲賵賱丿 丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞 賵鬲毓賲賶 丕賱亘氐賷乇丞 賵賷爻賯胤 氐賵鬲 丕賱毓賯賱 賵丕賱囟賲賷乇貙 賮賷乇賯氐 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳 胤乇亘丕 .
禺賷丕賳丞 鬲丐丿賷 廿賱賶 噩乇賷賲丞.. 賵噩乇賷賲丞 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘丕賳鬲丨丕乇.
丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 :
賱丕亘丿賾 賲賳 賲毓乇賮丞 兀賮乇丕丿 兀爻乇丞 " 賲丿丕賲 乇丕賰丕賳 "貙 賵賳亘丿兀 亘丕賱兀賲 賲丿丕賲 乇丕賰丕賳 .. 爻賷賾丿丞 胤賷亘丞 賱賱胤賷賮丞貙 乇賯賷賯丞 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵丨賳賵賳丞 噩丿丕貙 鬲丨亘 賵賱丿賴丕 賵丕亘賳丞 兀禺賷賴丕 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇. 丕賱廿亘賳 賰賲賷賱 .. 賮鬲賶 賲丿賱賱 賲乇賷囟 丕賱噩爻丿 賵丕賱賳賮爻 . 兀賲丕 鬲賷乇賷夭 賮賴賷 賮鬲丕丞 賮賷 乇賷毓丕賳 卮亘丕亘賴丕 賲賳丿賮毓丞 賯賵賷丞貙 鬲卮鬲毓賱 賳卮丕胤丕 賵賱賰賳賾賴丕 鬲馗賴乇 毓賰爻 匕賱賰貙 賵 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲賾囟丕丿 噩毓賱賴丕 鬲賳胤賵賷 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賮兀賰孬乇 賵賴匕丕 丕賱丕賳胤賵丕亍 噩毓賱 賰亘鬲賴丕 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷 賷夭賷丿 賵賷夭賷丿 賲賰賵賳丕 乇睾亘丞 噩丕賲丨丞 賵睾丕囟亘丞貙 賵 賴匕賴 丕賱乇睾亘丞 亘丿賵乇賴丕 賵賱丿鬲 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿丕 賱賱廿賳丨乇丕賮貙 賵丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 賱鬲賯亘賱 賴匕丕 丕賱廿賳丨乇丕賮 毓賱賶 兀賳賾賴 賲胤賱亘 卮乇毓賷 賱賴丕 .. 賵賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賰丕乇孬丞.
賱丕 亘丿賾 兀賷囟丕 賲賳 賲毓乇賮丞 賱賵乇丕賳 .. 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賳禺鬲夭賱 賳賮爻賷鬲賴 賮賷 兀乇亘毓 氐賮丕鬲 : 丕賱禺賲賵賱貙 丕賱賰爻賱貙 丕賱卮賴賵丞貙 賵丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞 . 賲賲丕 噩毓賱賴 賰丕卅賳丕 賲賯夭夭丕 賱丕 賷乇睾亘 廿賱丕 亘丕賱乇丕丨丞貙 丕賱賳賵賲貙丕賱兀賰賱貙 丕賱卮乇亘 賵廿卮亘丕毓 丕賱睾乇賷夭丞 .
爻賷丿丞 賱胤賷賮丞貙 賮鬲賶 兀亘賱賴 賲丿賱賱貙 賮鬲丕丞 鬲卮鬲毓賱 乇睾亘丞 賵卮丕亘 卮賴賵丕賳賷 丨賷賵丕賳賷 .. 賴匕賴 賴賷 賲賵丕氐賮丕鬲 丕賱噩賵 丕賱賲賱丕卅賲 賱賱禺賷丕賳丞 .
丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 :
丕賱丨乇賲丕賳 .. 賲丕 兀卮賯賶 丕賱丨乇賲丕賳 毓賱賶 賯賱賵亘 丕賱毓丕卮賯賷賳 .. 賴匕丕 丕賱丨乇賲丕賳 廿賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 毓賮賷賮丕貙 賵賰丕賳 賲賯鬲乇賳丕 亘禺賷丕賳丞 賵亘賱賴賮丞 廿賱賶 丕賱賲毓氐賷丞貙 賵亘賱賴賮丞 廿賱賶 丕賱禺丿丕毓貙 賲鬲賯丿丕 亘賳丕乇 丕賱乇噩爻 賵丕賱賮噩賵乇 賵亘毓賷丿丕 賰賱 丕賱亘毓丿 毓賳 賲毓丕賳賷 丕賱卮乇賮貙 丕賱賮囟賷賱丞 賵丕賱賰乇丕賲丞 .. 賮廿賳賴 爻賷丐丿賷 廿賱賶 丕賱爻賯賵胤 丕賱丨鬲賲賷貙 賵賴賳丕 丕賱爻賯賵胤 丕賱丨鬲賲賷 賰丕賳 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 噩乇賷賲丞貙 噩乇賷賲丞 丕卮鬲乇賰 賮賷賴丕 丕賱丨亘賷亘丕賳 貙噩乇賷賲丞 丕卮鬲乇賰鬲 賮賷賴丕 丕賱夭賵噩丞 賱鬲乇賲賱 賵乇丕丨 囟丨賷鬲賴丕 賮鬲賶 賲爻賰賷賳貙 賵賲賳 賵乇丕卅賴 爻賷丿丞 賲爻賰賷賳丞 賵兀賲 毓胤賵賮 丨賳賵賳 .
丕賱廿賳鬲丨丕乇 :
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禺賷賱 賱賱賯丕鬲賱 兀賳賴 賳爻賷 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞貙 賮賴賱 賳爻賷賴丕 丨賯丕 責
禺賷賱 賱賱賯丕鬲賱 兀賳賴 兀賮賱鬲 賲賳 丕賱毓賯丕亘貙 賮賴賱 兀賮賱鬲 丨賯丕 責
禺賷賱 賱賱賯丕鬲賱 兀賳賴 馗賮乇 亘兀賲賳賷鬲賴 責 賮賴賱 馗賮乇 亘賴丕 丨賯丕 責
禺賷賱 賱賱賯丕鬲賱 兀賳 丕賱毓賯亘丞 賯丿 兀夭賷賱鬲 賲賳 胤乇賯賴 責 賮賴賱 夭丕賱鬲 丨賯丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓賯亘丞 責 賵 賴賱 丕爻鬲禺賱氐 鬲賷乇賷夭 賱賳賮爻 責
賵 賴賱 賲丕鬲 賰賲賷賱 責
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毓賳丿賲丕 賵氐賱 丕賱兀賲乇 廿賱賶 丨丿賾賴 丕賳賯賱亘 廿賱賶 囟丿賾賴貙 賵 丕賱兀賲乇 賴賳丕 賴賵 丕噩鬲賲丕毓 丕賱卮賴賵丞 丕賱乇睾亘丞 .. 賮毓賳丿 賵氐賵賱 賴匕丕 丕賱兀賲乇 廿賱賶 丨丿賾賴 賵賴賵 丕賱賯鬲賱 .. 丕賳賯賱亘 賵鬲丨賵賱 .. 賮氐丕乇鬲 丕賱賳丕乇 亘乇丿丕 賵 氐丕乇鬲 丕賱卮賴賵丞 噩賲丕丿丕貙 賵 氐丕乇鬲 丕賱賯亘賱丞 賯卮毓乇賷乇丞 .. 賵氐丕乇 丕賱丨亘賷亘丕賳 毓丿賵丕賳 .. 毓丿賵丕賳 賲鬲賱丕夭賲丕賳 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀丨丿賴賲丕 賮乇丕賯 丕賱丌禺乇.. 賵 鬲丨賵賾賱 丕賱丨亘 廿賱賶 禺賵賮 賵賮夭毓 .. 孬賲 廿賱賶 丕卮賲卅夭丕夭.. 孬賲 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 亘丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 丕賱胤乇賮 丕賱丌禺乇. 賱匕賱賰 賰丕賳 賱丕亘丿賾 賲賳 丨賱 卮賰賱賷 賵丕賱丨賱 丕賱卮賰賱賷 賴賳丕 賴賵 賲賵丕氐賱丞 丕賱爻賯賵胤 廿賱賶 丕賱賯丕毓 .. 賵 丕賱丕賳睾賲丕爻 賮賷 丕賱乇匕賷賱丞 .. 孬賲 丕賱丨賱 丕賱賮毓賱賷 .. 賵 賴賵 丕賱廿賳鬲丨丕乇 .
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賯丕賱 鬲毓丕賱賶 :
" 賵賻賳賻賮賿爻賺 賵賻賲賻丕 爻賻賵賻賾丕賴賻丕*賮賻兀賻賱賿賴賻賲賻賴賻丕 賮購噩購賵乇賻賴賻丕 賵賻鬲賻賯賿賵賻丕賴賻丕*賯賻丿賿 兀賻賮賿賱賻丨賻 賲賻賳賿 夭賻賰賻賾丕賴賻丕*賵賻賯賻丿賿 禺賻丕亘賻 賲賻賳賿 丿賻爻賻賾丕賴賻丕 "
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丕賱賯氐賾丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵 賴賷 賯氐賾丞 " 丕賱賵丨卮 賮賷 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 " 賱賲 鬲賰賳 亘賲爻鬲賵賶 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 . . . . 鬲賯賷賷賲賴丕 孬賱丕孬 賳噩賵賲 .
賲賳 賯賱亘 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賷乇爻賲 夭賵賱丕 禺胤賵胤 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴貙 賲賳 賵丨賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱廿噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 丕賱毓丕丿賷丞 賷禺賱賯 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿丞 兀氐賱丕貙 爻鬲毓乇賮賴賲.. 賵廿賳 賱賲 鬲毓乇賮賴賲 兀賰賷丿 爻鬲賰賵賳 賯丿 爻賲毓鬲 亘賴賲貙 賵廿賳 賱賲 鬲爻賲毓 亘賴賲 賮賴匕丕 賲丐賰丿 兀賳賰 毓乇賮鬲 兀賵 爻賲毓鬲 毓賳 賳賲丕匕噩 賯乇賷亘丞 賲賳賴賲貙 賴匕丕 賴賵 夭賵賱丕 賵丕賱丕鬲噩丕賴 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷 賮賷 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 .
鬲賷乇賷夭 乇丕賰丕賳.. 賯氐賾丞 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲爻賷胤乇 毓賱賷賴丕 丕賱乇睾亘丞 丕賱噩丕賲丨丞 賵丕賱丕賳爻賷丕賯 賵乇丕亍 丕賱卮賴賵丞貙 賮鬲鬲賵賱丿 丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞 賵鬲毓賲賶 丕賱亘氐賷乇丞 賵賷爻賯胤 氐賵鬲 丕賱毓賯賱 賵丕賱囟賲賷乇貙 賮賷乇賯氐 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳 胤乇亘丕 .
禺賷丕賳丞 鬲丐丿賷 廿賱賶 噩乇賷賲丞.. 賵噩乇賷賲丞 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘丕賳鬲丨丕乇.
丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 :
賱丕亘丿賾 賲賳 賲毓乇賮丞 兀賮乇丕丿 兀爻乇丞 " 賲丿丕賲 乇丕賰丕賳 "貙 賵賳亘丿兀 亘丕賱兀賲 賲丿丕賲 乇丕賰丕賳 .. 爻賷賾丿丞 胤賷亘丞 賱賱胤賷賮丞貙 乇賯賷賯丞 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 賵丨賳賵賳丞 噩丿丕貙 鬲丨亘 賵賱丿賴丕 賵丕亘賳丞 兀禺賷賴丕 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇. 丕賱廿亘賳 賰賲賷賱 .. 賮鬲賶 賲丿賱賱 賲乇賷囟 丕賱噩爻丿 賵丕賱賳賮爻 . 兀賲丕 鬲賷乇賷夭 賮賴賷 賮鬲丕丞 賮賷 乇賷毓丕賳 卮亘丕亘賴丕 賲賳丿賮毓丞 賯賵賷丞貙 鬲卮鬲毓賱 賳卮丕胤丕 賵賱賰賳賾賴丕 鬲馗賴乇 毓賰爻 匕賱賰貙 賵 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲賾囟丕丿 噩毓賱賴丕 鬲賳胤賵賷 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賮兀賰孬乇 賵賴匕丕 丕賱丕賳胤賵丕亍 噩毓賱 賰亘鬲賴丕 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷 賷夭賷丿 賵賷夭賷丿 賲賰賵賳丕 乇睾亘丞 噩丕賲丨丞 賵睾丕囟亘丞貙 賵 賴匕賴 丕賱乇睾亘丞 亘丿賵乇賴丕 賵賱丿鬲 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿丕 賱賱廿賳丨乇丕賮貙 賵丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 賱鬲賯亘賱 賴匕丕 丕賱廿賳丨乇丕賮 毓賱賶 兀賳賾賴 賲胤賱亘 卮乇毓賷 賱賴丕 .. 賵賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賰丕乇孬丞.
賱丕 亘丿賾 兀賷囟丕 賲賳 賲毓乇賮丞 賱賵乇丕賳 .. 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賳禺鬲夭賱 賳賮爻賷鬲賴 賮賷 兀乇亘毓 氐賮丕鬲 : 丕賱禺賲賵賱貙 丕賱賰爻賱貙 丕賱卮賴賵丞貙 賵丕賱兀賳丕賳賷丞 . 賲賲丕 噩毓賱賴 賰丕卅賳丕 賲賯夭夭丕 賱丕 賷乇睾亘 廿賱丕 亘丕賱乇丕丨丞貙 丕賱賳賵賲貙丕賱兀賰賱貙 丕賱卮乇亘 賵廿卮亘丕毓 丕賱睾乇賷夭丞 .
爻賷丿丞 賱胤賷賮丞貙 賮鬲賶 兀亘賱賴 賲丿賱賱貙 賮鬲丕丞 鬲卮鬲毓賱 乇睾亘丞 賵卮丕亘 卮賴賵丕賳賷 丨賷賵丕賳賷 .. 賴匕賴 賴賷 賲賵丕氐賮丕鬲 丕賱噩賵 丕賱賲賱丕卅賲 賱賱禺賷丕賳丞 .
丕賱噩乇賷賲丞 :
丕賱丨乇賲丕賳 .. 賲丕 兀卮賯賶 丕賱丨乇賲丕賳 毓賱賶 賯賱賵亘 丕賱毓丕卮賯賷賳 .. 賴匕丕 丕賱丨乇賲丕賳 廿賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 毓賮賷賮丕貙 賵賰丕賳 賲賯鬲乇賳丕 亘禺賷丕賳丞 賵亘賱賴賮丞 廿賱賶 丕賱賲毓氐賷丞貙 賵亘賱賴賮丞 廿賱賶 丕賱禺丿丕毓貙 賲鬲賯丿丕 亘賳丕乇 丕賱乇噩爻 賵丕賱賮噩賵乇 賵亘毓賷丿丕 賰賱 丕賱亘毓丿 毓賳 賲毓丕賳賷 丕賱卮乇賮貙 丕賱賮囟賷賱丞 賵丕賱賰乇丕賲丞 .. 賮廿賳賴 爻賷丐丿賷 廿賱賶 丕賱爻賯賵胤 丕賱丨鬲賲賷貙 賵賴賳丕 丕賱爻賯賵胤 丕賱丨鬲賲賷 賰丕賳 毓亘丕乇丞 毓賳 噩乇賷賲丞貙 噩乇賷賲丞 丕卮鬲乇賰 賮賷賴丕 丕賱丨亘賷亘丕賳 貙噩乇賷賲丞 丕卮鬲乇賰鬲 賮賷賴丕 丕賱夭賵噩丞 賱鬲乇賲賱 賵乇丕丨 囟丨賷鬲賴丕 賮鬲賶 賲爻賰賷賳貙 賵賲賳 賵乇丕卅賴 爻賷丿丞 賲爻賰賷賳丞 賵兀賲 毓胤賵賮 丨賳賵賳 .
丕賱廿賳鬲丨丕乇 :
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禺賷賱 賱賱賯丕鬲賱 兀賳賴 賳爻賷 丕賱噩乇賷賲丞貙 賮賴賱 賳爻賷賴丕 丨賯丕 責
禺賷賱 賱賱賯丕鬲賱 兀賳賴 兀賮賱鬲 賲賳 丕賱毓賯丕亘貙 賮賴賱 兀賮賱鬲 丨賯丕 責
禺賷賱 賱賱賯丕鬲賱 兀賳賴 馗賮乇 亘兀賲賳賷鬲賴 責 賮賴賱 馗賮乇 亘賴丕 丨賯丕 責
禺賷賱 賱賱賯丕鬲賱 兀賳 丕賱毓賯亘丞 賯丿 兀夭賷賱鬲 賲賳 胤乇賯賴 責 賮賴賱 夭丕賱鬲 丨賯丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓賯亘丞 責 賵 賴賱 丕爻鬲禺賱氐 鬲賷乇賷夭 賱賳賮爻 責
賵 賴賱 賲丕鬲 賰賲賷賱 責
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毓賳丿賲丕 賵氐賱 丕賱兀賲乇 廿賱賶 丨丿賾賴 丕賳賯賱亘 廿賱賶 囟丿賾賴貙 賵 丕賱兀賲乇 賴賳丕 賴賵 丕噩鬲賲丕毓 丕賱卮賴賵丞 丕賱乇睾亘丞 .. 賮毓賳丿 賵氐賵賱 賴匕丕 丕賱兀賲乇 廿賱賶 丨丿賾賴 賵賴賵 丕賱賯鬲賱 .. 丕賳賯賱亘 賵鬲丨賵賱 .. 賮氐丕乇鬲 丕賱賳丕乇 亘乇丿丕 賵 氐丕乇鬲 丕賱卮賴賵丞 噩賲丕丿丕貙 賵 氐丕乇鬲 丕賱賯亘賱丞 賯卮毓乇賷乇丞 .. 賵氐丕乇 丕賱丨亘賷亘丕賳 毓丿賵丕賳 .. 毓丿賵丕賳 賲鬲賱丕夭賲丕賳 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀丨丿賴賲丕 賮乇丕賯 丕賱丌禺乇.. 賵 鬲丨賵賾賱 丕賱丨亘 廿賱賶 禺賵賮 賵賮夭毓 .. 孬賲 廿賱賶 丕卮賲卅夭丕夭.. 孬賲 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 亘丕賱鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 丕賱胤乇賮 丕賱丌禺乇. 賱匕賱賰 賰丕賳 賱丕亘丿賾 賲賳 丨賱 卮賰賱賷 賵丕賱丨賱 丕賱卮賰賱賷 賴賳丕 賴賵 賲賵丕氐賱丞 丕賱爻賯賵胤 廿賱賶 丕賱賯丕毓 .. 賵 丕賱丕賳睾賲丕爻 賮賷 丕賱乇匕賷賱丞 .. 孬賲 丕賱丨賱 丕賱賮毓賱賷 .. 賵 賴賵 丕賱廿賳鬲丨丕乇 .
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賯丕賱 鬲毓丕賱賶 :
" 賵賻賳賻賮賿爻賺 賵賻賲賻丕 爻賻賵賻賾丕賴賻丕*賮賻兀賻賱賿賴賻賲賻賴賻丕 賮購噩購賵乇賻賴賻丕 賵賻鬲賻賯賿賵賻丕賴賻丕*賯賻丿賿 兀賻賮賿賱賻丨賻 賲賻賳賿 夭賻賰賻賾丕賴賻丕*賵賻賯賻丿賿 禺賻丕亘賻 賲賻賳賿 丿賻爻賻賾丕賴賻丕 "
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丕賱賯氐賾丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵 賴賷 賯氐賾丞 " 丕賱賵丨卮 賮賷 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 " 賱賲 鬲賰賳 亘賲爻鬲賵賶 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 . . . . 鬲賯賷賷賲賴丕 孬賱丕孬 賳噩賵賲 .
May 1, 2018
Introduction, by Adam Thorpe
A Note on the Translation
Acknowledgments
--Th茅r猫se Raquin
Notes
A Note on the Translation
Acknowledgments
--Th茅r猫se Raquin
Notes
March 11, 2023
袦芯谐褍 褋屑械谢芯 薪邪蟹胁邪褌褜 褝褌芯褌 褉芯屑邪薪 芯写薪懈屑 懈蟹 谢褍褔褕懈褏 袟芯谢褟. 袨薪 锌褉邪胁, 谐芯胁芯褉褟, 褔褌芯 孝械褉械蟹邪 懈 袥芯褉邪薪 鈥� 卸懈胁芯褌薪褘械 胁 芯斜谢懈泻械 褔械谢芯胁械泻邪, 锌芯褋褌褍锌邪褞褖懈械 锌芯 蟹芯胁褍 锌谢芯褌懈. 袙械褋褜 懈褏 褋屑褘褋谢 卸懈蟹薪懈 懈 械械 褋褍褌褜 鈥� 胁 谢械薪懈, 褋褘褌薪芯泄 械写械, 褋薪械. 袨薪懈 薪械 薪邪写械谢械薪褘 懈薪褌械谢谢械泻褌芯屑, 薪芯 芯薪懈 写芯褋褌邪褌芯褔薪芯 褑械谢械褍褋褌褉械屑谢械薪薪褘 胁 写芯褋褌懈卸械薪懈懈 褋胁芯懈褏 褑械谢械泄. 袙 泻邪泻芯泄-褌芯 屑械褉械 胁 褉芯屑邪薪械 械褋褌褜 褋褏芯写褋褌胁芯 屑械卸写褍 芦袩褉械褋褌褍锌谢械薪懈械屑 懈 薪邪泻邪蟹邪薪懈械屑禄 袛芯褋褌芯械胁褋泻芯谐芯, 薪芯 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪褘械 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈褟 蟹写械褋褜 写褉褍谐芯谐芯 褉芯写邪. 袝褋褌褜 褌邪泻卸械 褋褏芯写褋褌胁芯 懈 褋 "袥械写懈 袦邪泻斜械褌 袦褑械薪褋泻芯谐芯 褍械蟹写邪" 袧. 袥械褋泻芯胁邪. 校 孝械褉械蟹褘 懈 袥芯褉邪薪邪 薪械褌 薪懈 泻邪锌谢懈 褉邪褋泻邪褟薪懈褟, 褋芯胁械褋褌褜 懈褏 薪械 屑褍褔邪械褌, 芯薪懈 薪械 褋芯卸邪谢械褞褌 芯 褋芯写械褟薪薪芯屑. 袠褏 屑褍褔邪褞褌 褋褌褉邪褏懈, 锌褉懈蟹褉邪泻 褍斜懈褌芯谐芯, 薪械胁褉芯褌懈褔械褋泻邪褟 褉械邪泻褑懈褟 锌褋懈褏懈泻懈. 袟芯谢褟 褋 薪械芯斜褘泻薪芯胁械薪薪芯泄 褝屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪芯泄 褋懈谢芯泄 懈 谐谢褍斜懈薪芯泄 锌芯薪懈屑邪薪懈褟 屑芯褌懈胁芯胁, 写胁懈卸褍褖懈褏 谐械褉芯褟屑懈 褉邪褋泻褉褘胁邪械褌 懈褏 屑芯褉邪谢褜薪褘械 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈褟, 芯褌 泻芯褌芯褉芯谐芯 薪械 褋锌邪褋邪械褌 薪懈 锌褉懈褌胁芯褉薪芯械 褉邪褋泻邪褟薪懈械, 薪懈 胁蟹邪懈屑薪褘械 褍锌褉械泻懈 懈 锌械褉械泻谢邪写褘胁邪薪懈械 胁懈薪褘 写褉褍谐 薪邪 写褉褍谐邪, 薪懈 褍谐褉芯蟹褘 褋写邪褌褜褋褟, 薪懈 褉邪蟹谐褍谢 懈 褉邪蟹胁褉邪褌, 褌芯 薪邪泻邪蟹邪薪懈械, 泻芯褌芯褉芯械 锌邪写械褌 薪邪 懈褏 谐芯谢芯胁褘 芯褌 薪懈褏 褋邪屑懈褏. 袟芯谢褟 胁褘褋屑械懈胁邪械褌 懈 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯, 屑械褖邪薪褋泻芯械 褍斜芯卸械褋褌胁芯 懈 薪械锌褉芯褏芯写懈屑褍褞 芯谐褉邪薪懈褔械薪薪芯褋褌褜 谐芯褋褌械泄, 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏 锌褉懈薪懈屑邪械褌 褔械褌邪 袪邪泻械薪 锌芯 褔械褌胁械褉谐邪屑. 袨褋褌邪械褌褋褟 褌芯谢褜泻芯 褋芯卸邪谢械褌褜, 褔褌芯 褋芯胁褉械屑械薪薪懈泻懈 薪械 锌芯薪褟谢懈 懈 薪械 锌褉懈薪褟谢懈 褉芯屑邪薪 懈, 褋褍写褟 锌芯 锌褉械写懈褋谢芯胁懈褞, 锌芯写胁械褉谐谢懈 械谐芯 褌褉邪胁谢械.
October 24, 2022
[3.5/5]
Justo inmediatamente despu茅s de haber terminado de leer Th茅r猫se Raquin me qued贸 un sabor de boca inexplicable, uno de esos sabores que no sabes si al final fue una experiencia que has disfrutado o que te ha dejado debiendo algo. Sin duda lo que no me dej贸 fue indiferente, como ninguna novela de Zola lo ha hecho, con un sin fin de descripciones muy expl铆citas y v铆vidas que te sumergen en la mente de los dos personajes principales de este libro.
Creo que ir茅 directo al grano y dir茅 que el principal problema de Th茅r猫se Raquin es el mismo Zola, ya que no puedo evitar comparar a un autor m谩s que consigo mismo: sin duda, el hecho de haber le铆do antes su obra maestra Germinal, que sigue estando v铆vidamente en mi mente, as铆 como mi novela favorita del autor, La taberna, cuya protagonista es totalmente irreemplazable, hizo que mi experiencia leyendo Th茅r猫se Raquin se sintiera deficiente y demasiado repetitiva, tanto que a los dos tercios de la historia ya quer铆a que se terminara (y eso que la novela de por s铆 es corta).
Sent铆 como si Zola nunca se cansara de decir que los dos sujetos que protagonizan este retrato de decadencia humana estuvieran perdiendo la cabeza, que estaban sintiendo esto y aquello con respecto a lo que hab铆an hecho; de alguna manera eso queda claro desde los primeros cap铆tulos pero persiste en ello hasta el final. Por otro lado, le aplaudo al autor el hacer que el lector desprecie tanto a ambos personajes, al punto de que uno espera un final que en verdad se merecen, y en mi opini贸n, lo consigue y logra mostrar el destino de una sociedad descompuesta hasta sus 煤ltimas consecuencias.
Tambi茅n le铆 que esta es la obra que inaugura el naturalismo por el que el autor es tan conocido y aclamado, y debo decir que se nota, sabe a primera obra, y es por supuesto necesario resaltar que ese naturalismo puro lo conseguir谩 en sus obras de Les Rougon-Macquart, o al menos en aquellas que he le铆do, donde perfecciona su estilo y te hace vivir, junto con sus personajes, en lo m谩s bajo de la sociedad que uno se puede imaginar.
Como un punto m谩s a recalcar, Zola hace un buen trabajo al entrar en la mente de sus personajes, describir lo que sienten y lo que sufren tras haber efectuado su plan, pero de nuevo, no me convenci贸 del todo ya que al haber le铆do m谩s temprano este a帽o un cl谩sico ruso, tambi茅n decimon贸nico, que en mi punto de vista lo hace mucho mejor, como que estas descripciones de 'la mente humana descompuesta' se me quedaron en medio del camino. A ratos s铆 que quer铆a que llegara el Zola de La taberna y le dijera a este Zola '隆mu茅vete!, es mi turno de entrar', pero sabemos que eso no iba a pasar.
En resumen, no quiero decir que esta novela es mala, para nada. Es una buena historia, una pizca del naturalismo que nos espera en su inmensa saga, pero nada que merezca tenerla entre sus mejores obras. Quiz谩 si hubiera empezado a leer al autor con Th茅r猫se Raquin habr铆a alucinado 鈥攓uiz谩 estoy exagerando como de costumbre鈥�, pero ahora es que no me dej贸 nada que no me hubiera dado ya el autor previamente. Y para terminar de arruinar mi experiencia, el maltrato y asesinato a un animal en esta obra fue demasiado para m铆; a煤n recuerdo en una novela de Willa Cather que le铆 el a帽o pasado como un tipo da帽aba de los ojos a un ave y se divert铆a viendo como el p谩jaro se golpeaba entre las ramas tras haber quedado ciego, 隆horrible! Algo as铆 me pas贸 leyendo Th茅r猫se Raquin, que adem谩s no sent铆 que fuera una escena necesaria para entender la locura del perpetrador, y si ya de por s铆 le odiaba, a este punto se super贸. En fin, deseo que su experiencia lectora sea mucho mejor que la m铆a.
La naturaleza y las circunstancias parec铆an haber hecho a esa mujer para ese hombre y haberlos guiado el uno hacia el otro. Formaban ambos, la mujer nerviosa e hip贸crita, el hombre sangu铆neo y de vida de animal irracional, una pareja a la que un铆an recios lazos. Se completaban, se proteg铆an mutuamente. Por la noche, sentados a la mesa, bajo el p谩lido resplandor de la l谩mpara, bastaba con ver el rostro rollizo y sonriente de [茅l] frente a la impenetrable y muda expresi贸n de [ella] para percatarse de la fuerza de aquella uni贸n.
Justo inmediatamente despu茅s de haber terminado de leer Th茅r猫se Raquin me qued贸 un sabor de boca inexplicable, uno de esos sabores que no sabes si al final fue una experiencia que has disfrutado o que te ha dejado debiendo algo. Sin duda lo que no me dej贸 fue indiferente, como ninguna novela de Zola lo ha hecho, con un sin fin de descripciones muy expl铆citas y v铆vidas que te sumergen en la mente de los dos personajes principales de este libro.
Creo que ir茅 directo al grano y dir茅 que el principal problema de Th茅r猫se Raquin es el mismo Zola, ya que no puedo evitar comparar a un autor m谩s que consigo mismo: sin duda, el hecho de haber le铆do antes su obra maestra Germinal, que sigue estando v铆vidamente en mi mente, as铆 como mi novela favorita del autor, La taberna, cuya protagonista es totalmente irreemplazable, hizo que mi experiencia leyendo Th茅r猫se Raquin se sintiera deficiente y demasiado repetitiva, tanto que a los dos tercios de la historia ya quer铆a que se terminara (y eso que la novela de por s铆 es corta).
Sent铆 como si Zola nunca se cansara de decir que los dos sujetos que protagonizan este retrato de decadencia humana estuvieran perdiendo la cabeza, que estaban sintiendo esto y aquello con respecto a lo que hab铆an hecho; de alguna manera eso queda claro desde los primeros cap铆tulos pero persiste en ello hasta el final. Por otro lado, le aplaudo al autor el hacer que el lector desprecie tanto a ambos personajes, al punto de que uno espera un final que en verdad se merecen, y en mi opini贸n, lo consigue y logra mostrar el destino de una sociedad descompuesta hasta sus 煤ltimas consecuencias.
Tambi茅n le铆 que esta es la obra que inaugura el naturalismo por el que el autor es tan conocido y aclamado, y debo decir que se nota, sabe a primera obra, y es por supuesto necesario resaltar que ese naturalismo puro lo conseguir谩 en sus obras de Les Rougon-Macquart, o al menos en aquellas que he le铆do, donde perfecciona su estilo y te hace vivir, junto con sus personajes, en lo m谩s bajo de la sociedad que uno se puede imaginar.
Como un punto m谩s a recalcar, Zola hace un buen trabajo al entrar en la mente de sus personajes, describir lo que sienten y lo que sufren tras haber efectuado su plan, pero de nuevo, no me convenci贸 del todo ya que al haber le铆do m谩s temprano este a帽o un cl谩sico ruso, tambi茅n decimon贸nico, que en mi punto de vista lo hace mucho mejor, como que estas descripciones de 'la mente humana descompuesta' se me quedaron en medio del camino. A ratos s铆 que quer铆a que llegara el Zola de La taberna y le dijera a este Zola '隆mu茅vete!, es mi turno de entrar', pero sabemos que eso no iba a pasar.
En resumen, no quiero decir que esta novela es mala, para nada. Es una buena historia, una pizca del naturalismo que nos espera en su inmensa saga, pero nada que merezca tenerla entre sus mejores obras. Quiz谩 si hubiera empezado a leer al autor con Th茅r猫se Raquin habr铆a alucinado 鈥攓uiz谩 estoy exagerando como de costumbre鈥�, pero ahora es que no me dej贸 nada que no me hubiera dado ya el autor previamente. Y para terminar de arruinar mi experiencia, el maltrato y asesinato a un animal en esta obra fue demasiado para m铆; a煤n recuerdo en una novela de Willa Cather que le铆 el a帽o pasado como un tipo da帽aba de los ojos a un ave y se divert铆a viendo como el p谩jaro se golpeaba entre las ramas tras haber quedado ciego, 隆horrible! Algo as铆 me pas贸 leyendo Th茅r猫se Raquin, que adem谩s no sent铆 que fuera una escena necesaria para entender la locura del perpetrador, y si ya de por s铆 le odiaba, a este punto se super贸. En fin, deseo que su experiencia lectora sea mucho mejor que la m铆a.
La naturaleza y las circunstancias parec铆an haber hecho a esa mujer para ese hombre y haberlos guiado el uno hacia el otro. Formaban ambos, la mujer nerviosa e hip贸crita, el hombre sangu铆neo y de vida de animal irracional, una pareja a la que un铆an recios lazos. Se completaban, se proteg铆an mutuamente. Por la noche, sentados a la mesa, bajo el p谩lido resplandor de la l谩mpara, bastaba con ver el rostro rollizo y sonriente de [茅l] frente a la impenetrable y muda expresi贸n de [ella] para percatarse de la fuerza de aquella uni贸n.
May 2, 2024
When writing this admirable novel, "Teresa Raquin," 脡mile Zola stated it was "a great psychological and physiological study." In truth, he had drawn, with a master's hand, the profile of a woman, analyzing her passions, hatreds, strengths, and weaknesses. Perhaps the study of female sensitivity has never led to areas so profound and revealing that they reach the undeniable. "Teresa Raquin" is a highly topical testimony about the condition of women in a sexist society.
March 28, 2016
"The Arcade of the Pont Neuf is not a place for a stroll. You take it to make a short cut, to gain a few minutes. It is traversed by busy people whose sole aim is to go quick and straight before them鈥� The arcade now assumes the aspect of a regular cut-throat alley. Great shadows stretch along the tiles, damp puffs of air enter from the street. Anyone might take the place for a subterranean gallery indistinctly lit-up by three funeral lamps.
This nineteenth century French novel has a deliciously dark atmosphere from page one. The Arcade of the Pont Neuf is home to a mercer shop that will take you into the depths of a psychological drama that might give you chills if you were to read this alone on a bleak and stormy night. Emphasizing the animal side of human nature, Emile Zola created two depraved characters in Laurent and Therese 鈥� ones that we should all hope to avoid a glimpse of within ourselves! How do emotions drive one to commit an act of evil? What are the consequences of these actions? If we repent, will we be absolved of our sins? If repentance is not something the bestial self is capable of seeking, then what becomes of us?
This book had some gruesome images that may make some flinch and others may find worthy of a great horror novel. I personally cringed and at the same time was fascinated by a most revolting description of a Parisian morgue. I was shocked to learn that it was in fact a favorite pastime for the people of Paris to visit the morgue and ogle the unfortunate inhabitants of this notorious attraction! "The morgue is a sight within reach of everybody, and one to which passers-by, rich and poor alike, treat themselves. The door stands open, and all are free to enter. There are admirers of the scene who go out of their way so as not to miss one of these performances of death."
I found this book to be quite riveting overall. There were times when it felt a bit repetitive and dragged slightly, but then it would shift and I would once more become submerged in the misery, depravity and psychological suspense. I would recommend this to those that enjoy classics and intense psychological studies. It is actually a very readable classic, so shouldn't necessarily exclude those that don't dip into the classics on a regular basis. 3.5 stars.
This nineteenth century French novel has a deliciously dark atmosphere from page one. The Arcade of the Pont Neuf is home to a mercer shop that will take you into the depths of a psychological drama that might give you chills if you were to read this alone on a bleak and stormy night. Emphasizing the animal side of human nature, Emile Zola created two depraved characters in Laurent and Therese 鈥� ones that we should all hope to avoid a glimpse of within ourselves! How do emotions drive one to commit an act of evil? What are the consequences of these actions? If we repent, will we be absolved of our sins? If repentance is not something the bestial self is capable of seeking, then what becomes of us?
This book had some gruesome images that may make some flinch and others may find worthy of a great horror novel. I personally cringed and at the same time was fascinated by a most revolting description of a Parisian morgue. I was shocked to learn that it was in fact a favorite pastime for the people of Paris to visit the morgue and ogle the unfortunate inhabitants of this notorious attraction! "The morgue is a sight within reach of everybody, and one to which passers-by, rich and poor alike, treat themselves. The door stands open, and all are free to enter. There are admirers of the scene who go out of their way so as not to miss one of these performances of death."
I found this book to be quite riveting overall. There were times when it felt a bit repetitive and dragged slightly, but then it would shift and I would once more become submerged in the misery, depravity and psychological suspense. I would recommend this to those that enjoy classics and intense psychological studies. It is actually a very readable classic, so shouldn't necessarily exclude those that don't dip into the classics on a regular basis. 3.5 stars.
March 3, 2025
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亘丕 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻賲 夭賵賱丕 賲賵丕賮賯 亘丕卮蹖賲 蹖丕 賳亘丕卮蹖賲貙 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 賴賳乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬嗁堐屫驰� 丕賵 丕丿丕蹖 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 讴賳蹖賲 讴賴 丨丿丕賯賱 賴乇 丨乇賮蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 亘夭賳丿 乇丕 禺賵亘 賲蹖鈥屫操嗀�. 丕诏乇 丿乇 丌孬丕乇 丕賵 丿賯蹖賯 卮丿賴 亘丕卮蹖賲貙 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫必池� 讴賴 夭賵賱丕 賯氐丿 賲賮丕賴蹖賲 亘夭乇诏 乇丕 丕夭 賲賳馗乇蹖 丿蹖诏乇 亘賴 賲丕 賳卮丕賳 亘丿賴丿. 賲丕賳賳丿 丕賲蹖丿貙 毓匕丕亘貙 賴賲丿乇丿蹖貙 噩賳賵賳 賵 毓卮賯. 鬲乇夭 乇丕讴賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲賳馗乇 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 卮丕禺氐鈥屫臂屬� 丌孬丕乇 丕賵爻鬲. 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賵噩賵丿 丕蹖丿賴 賵 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 丕孬乇 丕賵 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賲丕賳賴 丕诏乇 賮賯胤 丕夭 噩賳亘賴鈥屰� 賲丕噩乇丕 亘乇乇爻蹖 卮賵丿貙 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 讴賲蹖 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 賵 睾蹖乇 胤亘蹖毓蹖 噩賱賵賴 讴賳丿.
夭賵賱丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屰� 亘夭乇诏蹖 亘賵丿. 卮丕蹖丿 禺蹖賱蹖 亘夭乇诏鈥屫� 丕夭 賳丕賲蹖 讴賴 丕賱丕賳 丿丕乇丿 賵 丕诏乇 跇乇賲蹖賳丕賱卮 乇丕 丕夭 賱蹖爻鬲 讴鬲丕亘禺賵丕賳蹖 丕禺蹖乇 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丨匕賮 讴賳蹖賲貙 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 丿蹖诏乇 乇丿 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 丕夭 丕賵 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘禺丕賳賴鈥屬囏� 賳蹖爻鬲. 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻賲 禺卮賳 丕賵貙 鬲毓丕丿賱 丕丿亘蹖 賮乇丕賳爻賴 賵 丿乇 丕丿丕賲賴 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 噩賴丕賳 乇丕 亘賴賲 夭丿. 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 丕賵賱蹖賳 賳丕賲蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丿乇蹖丕賮鬲 賳賵亘賱 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 亘賴 匕賴賳 丿丕賵乇丕賳 乇爻蹖丿 賵賱蹖 丨丕卮蹖賴鈥屫ж� 亘蹖卮 丕夭 丌賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 讴賴 賴蹖卅鬲 丿丕賵乇丕賳 噩乇卅鬲 丕賴丿丕蹖 丌賳 乇丕 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳丿. 丕賵 讴爻蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲賯丕賱賴 賲賳 賲鬲賴賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 乇丕 賳賵卮鬲 賵 賲賵噩蹖 丕夭 噩賳噩丕賱 亘賴 倬丕 讴乇丿 讴賴 亘蹖鈥屫池жㄙ傎� 亘賵丿. 丿乇 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 爻丕禺鬲賳 賮蹖賱賲 亘蹖賵诏乇丕賮蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 乇賵蹖 亘賵乇爻 賳亘賵丿貙 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵 賮蹖賱賲蹖 爻丕禺鬲賳丿. 趩禺賵賮 丕賵 乇丕 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿賵爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫ж簇� 賵 丕诏乇 丨丕賮馗賴鈥屫з� 禺胤丕 賳讴賳丿貙 丕蹖賵丕賳 丕蹖賱蹖趩 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲乇诏 丕蹖賵丕賳 丕蹖賱蹖趩貙 噩丕蹖蹖 亘乇丕蹖 毓亘賵乇 丕夭 賲賱丕賱 賵 丕賮讴丕乇 倬乇蹖卮丕賳卮 亘賴 禺賵丕賳丿賳 乇賲丕賳蹖 丕夭 夭賵賱丕 乇賵蹖 賲蹖鈥屫①堌必�. 丨丕賱丕 丿蹖诏乇 乇丿 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 丕夭 丕賵 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘禺丕賳賴鈥屬囏й� 卮禺氐蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 丕诏乇 跇乇賲蹖賳丕賱卮 亘賳丕 亘賴 丿賱丕蹖賱蹖 賵 亘賴 賯賵賱 丕氐胤賱丕丨 乇賵夭賲乇賴 丕賲乇賵夭蹖鈥屫ж簇� 賵丕蹖乇丕賱 賳賲蹖鈥屫簇� 丨囟賵乇卮 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賴賲 讴賲乇賳诏鈥屫� 賲蹖鈥屫ㄙ堌�. 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 亘丕蹖丿 诏賮鬲 讴賴 丕诏乇 賲賵賱賮賴鈥屬囏й� 爻乇诏乇賲蹖鈥屫池ж� 丌賳 丿賵乇賴 丕夭 丌孬丕乇 乇丕 丨匕賮 讴賳蹖賲 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕賲乇賵夭 讴賲蹖 丕賮乇丕胤蹖 賵 亘蹖鈥屬嗁呞� 噩賱賵賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 夭賵賱丕 賴賲 毓賵丕賲賱 丿乇賵賳蹖 蹖毓賳蹖 乇賵丕賳讴丕賵丕賳賴 賵 賴賲 丿賱丕蹖賱 亘蹖乇賵賳蹖 蹖毓賳蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 乇丕 亘賴 禺賵亘蹖 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 倬乇 丕夭 賱噩賳 倬丕乇蹖爻 丌賳 夭賲丕賳 賲賵卮讴丕賮蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 鬲乇夭 乇丕讴賳 丕賵 讴賴 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 賲丿禺賱 亘乇丕蹖 賵乇賵丿 亘賴 丌孬丕乇 丕賵 丕爻鬲貙 賲丕噩乇丕蹖 卮賴賵鬲 賵 噩賳丕蹖鬲 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 倬丕蹖 囟賱毓 爻賵賲 蹖毓賳蹖 毓匕丕亘 賵噩丿丕賳 賵 賲丕賱蹖禺賵賱蹖丕蹖 诏賳丕賴 乇丕 亘賴 丌賳 亘丕夭 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 乇賵賳丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 亘蹖鈥屫ж屫ж臂� 賵 賳丕鬲賵丕賳蹖 賮蹖賱賲 賲賱讴 丕賱賲賵鬲 亘賵賳賵卅賱 乇丕 亘賴 匕賴賳 賲鬲亘丕丿乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 夭賵賱丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 丿乇 丕爻鬲蹖氐丕賱 賵 賳丕鬲賵丕賳 丿乇 蹖讴 丿丕蹖乇賴 诏賳丕賴 丨亘爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 亘賴 賲乇賵乇 丿丕蹖乇賴 乇丕 鬲賳诏鈥屫� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 亘賴 賯丿乇蹖 賮囟丕蹖蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賳賮爻 讴卮蹖丿賳 賵 丨鬲蹖 丨囟賵乇 丿乇 丌賳 亘丕賯蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屬呚з嗀�.
亘丕 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻賲 夭賵賱丕 賲賵丕賮賯 亘丕卮蹖賲 蹖丕 賳亘丕卮蹖賲貙 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 賴賳乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬嗁堐屫驰� 丕賵 丕丿丕蹖 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 讴賳蹖賲 讴賴 丨丿丕賯賱 賴乇 丨乇賮蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 亘夭賳丿 乇丕 禺賵亘 賲蹖鈥屫操嗀�. 丕诏乇 丿乇 丌孬丕乇 丕賵 丿賯蹖賯 卮丿賴 亘丕卮蹖賲貙 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖鈥屫必池� 讴賴 夭賵賱丕 賯氐丿 賲賮丕賴蹖賲 亘夭乇诏 乇丕 丕夭 賲賳馗乇蹖 丿蹖诏乇 亘賴 賲丕 賳卮丕賳 亘丿賴丿. 賲丕賳賳丿 丕賲蹖丿貙 毓匕丕亘貙 賴賲丿乇丿蹖貙 噩賳賵賳 賵 毓卮賯. 鬲乇夭 乇丕讴賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲賳馗乇 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 卮丕禺氐鈥屫臂屬� 丌孬丕乇 丕賵爻鬲. 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賵噩賵丿 丕蹖丿賴 賵 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 丕孬乇 丕賵 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 夭賲丕賳賴 丕诏乇 賮賯胤 丕夭 噩賳亘賴鈥屰� 賲丕噩乇丕 亘乇乇爻蹖 卮賵丿貙 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 讴賲蹖 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 賵 睾蹖乇 胤亘蹖毓蹖 噩賱賵賴 讴賳丿.
September 5, 2018
This short novel (the weakest of the four Zola's I have read so far) is a tale of lust, madness and destruction set within the brooding, dingy backstreets of Paris. Not the back streets I know and love of today!. The eponymous protagonist, a repressed and silently resentful young woman is married off, as per normal, according to her aunt's wishes to her sickly cousin Camille. When Th茅r猫se meets Camille's robust and earthy friend Laurent, a turbulent passion is unleashed that drives them ultimately to violence and murder. Considering this is a 19th century novel, it really packs a punch, and does shock. Nothing like the period drama style novels of his countless counterparts. The characters are excellently done, but not exactly likeable, and the whole atmosphere is conceived really well. Zola's great story-telling qualities put him above most French writers of the time, but, at best, I found Th茅r猫se Raquin an effective melodrama. This is not the Zola of Germinal or La Bete Humain, those novels I found were a class above this by some considerable distance. But had this been my first Zola then it probably would have made more of an impression on me. I still can't believe just how many novels he actually wrote. Not likely to run out Zola reads for many a year to come. This was a solid novel, it's just the others I have read were that good.
June 1, 2017
Un callej贸n inmundo de humedad y mugre por el que los transe煤ntes pasan apresurados para acortar camino sirve de marco a esta novela que inicia la corriente del Naturalismo. Escrita por un joven Zola veintea帽ero, sorprende su temprana maestr铆a. Th茅r猫se Raquin es un excelente estudio psicol贸gico.
Esta obra es una clara muestra de que para escribir un trabajo magistral, no hacen falta m谩s que unos pocos personajes y una extensi贸n abarcable.
Se me hace dif铆cil elaborar esta rese帽a sin incurrir en spoilers. B谩sicamente, la historia se centra en una relaci贸n adulterina que acaba en asesinato. Y la mayor parte de la acci贸n resulta de la culpa y el asco originados por ese asesinato. Sus autores pierden la posibilidad de ser felices.
La novela incluye todos los tics del Naturalismo, como las minuciosas descripciones de lo cutre y lo mezquino:
Todos los colores se hab铆an vuelto de un gris sucio en aquella vitrina, que pudr铆an el polvo y la humedad.
La pasi贸n de los ad煤lteros es brutal, animalesca:
Ambos habr铆an querido arrancarse mutuamente jirones de carne y llev谩rselos pegados a los dedos.
De hecho, Zola menciona reiteradamente a los protagonistas como 鈥渁nimales irracionales鈥�.
Recomiendo esta obra a los amantes de los cl谩sicos y a quienes quieran leer una novela no demasiado extensa.
Esta obra es una clara muestra de que para escribir un trabajo magistral, no hacen falta m谩s que unos pocos personajes y una extensi贸n abarcable.
Se me hace dif铆cil elaborar esta rese帽a sin incurrir en spoilers. B谩sicamente, la historia se centra en una relaci贸n adulterina que acaba en asesinato. Y la mayor parte de la acci贸n resulta de la culpa y el asco originados por ese asesinato. Sus autores pierden la posibilidad de ser felices.
La novela incluye todos los tics del Naturalismo, como las minuciosas descripciones de lo cutre y lo mezquino:
Todos los colores se hab铆an vuelto de un gris sucio en aquella vitrina, que pudr铆an el polvo y la humedad.
La pasi贸n de los ad煤lteros es brutal, animalesca:
Ambos habr铆an querido arrancarse mutuamente jirones de carne y llev谩rselos pegados a los dedos.
De hecho, Zola menciona reiteradamente a los protagonistas como 鈥渁nimales irracionales鈥�.
Recomiendo esta obra a los amantes de los cl谩sicos y a quienes quieran leer una novela no demasiado extensa.
September 15, 2012
This book is alive. From the first to the last I saw the story came to life and I was drawn so completely in. It made my heart beat a little faster, and even now I have put the book down, slept and lived through another day, it is still in my head and my heart.
On one hand the story is utterly modern: and it is timeless. It would be so easy to reset in in any period since it was published, and equally easy to take it back through the centuries.
Because this is a story of humanity. Of what people may do to get what they want, and of how they may be destroyed if they reach too far, if they cross certain lines.
A story of emptiness, passion, horror, despair, guilt, revenge 鈥�
Th茅r猫se was the daughter of a French sailor and a native woman. Her father took his sister, a haberdasher, to raise with her son. Camille, a bright but sickly child. It was expected that Th茅r猫se and Camille would marry, and marry they did. Not because either one had feelings for the another, but because it didn鈥檛 occur to either of them to do anything else, or that life could offer anything more than they already knew.
Zola painted a picture of dark and dull lives, and yet he held me. Somehow, I don鈥檛 know how, he planted the idea that something would happen, that it was imperative that I continued to turn the pages.
When Camille tried to pull away from his protective mother life changed. Th茅r猫se met Laurent, a friend of her husband who was everything that her husband was not. A passionate, obsessive relationship grew between them. Their feelings were tangible.
They feared discovery. They knew what they wanted, and they were oblivious to anything else. And so they acted.
That act is stunning. Shocking. A flash of light in a dark story, and it is executed quite brilliantly.
It may sound like an end, but it came early in the story.
The knowledge of what they had done, the consequences of what they had done, were corrosive. For Th茅r猫se. For Laurent. And for their relationship.
For a while it isn鈥檛 clear where the story will go. The pair seem trapped, in lives overtaken by guilt, horror and despair. But then something snaps. A downward spiral leads to a devastating conclusion.
Zola handles all of this magnificently.
The bleak street, the house, where Th茅r猫se and her family lived and worked was described so vividly, the atmosphere was so claustrophic, it was utterly real.
And he deployed his cast 鈥� four principals, four supporting players, and a cat 鈥� so cleverly. Each was essential. Each had more than one role to play. Their story has broad strokes, and it has small details too, and they all work together beautifully.
The story is desperately dark, but it is honest and never gratuitous. And the story is paramount; everything else is there to support the story, and it is woven in so well that it is never a distraction. You could stop to observe if you chose, or you could be quite naturally swept along by events.
It鈥檚 greatest strength is its creator鈥檚 understanding of humanity. That allowed him to bring flawed, fallible, utterly real human beings to life on the page. To lay bare their hearts and souls. And to make the evolution of their lives, the extraordinary things that happen, completely understandable.
And so it was that the skill of the author, and the understanding of the author, make this book compelling, horrific, and desperately sad.
On one hand the story is utterly modern: and it is timeless. It would be so easy to reset in in any period since it was published, and equally easy to take it back through the centuries.
Because this is a story of humanity. Of what people may do to get what they want, and of how they may be destroyed if they reach too far, if they cross certain lines.
A story of emptiness, passion, horror, despair, guilt, revenge 鈥�
Th茅r猫se was the daughter of a French sailor and a native woman. Her father took his sister, a haberdasher, to raise with her son. Camille, a bright but sickly child. It was expected that Th茅r猫se and Camille would marry, and marry they did. Not because either one had feelings for the another, but because it didn鈥檛 occur to either of them to do anything else, or that life could offer anything more than they already knew.
Zola painted a picture of dark and dull lives, and yet he held me. Somehow, I don鈥檛 know how, he planted the idea that something would happen, that it was imperative that I continued to turn the pages.
When Camille tried to pull away from his protective mother life changed. Th茅r猫se met Laurent, a friend of her husband who was everything that her husband was not. A passionate, obsessive relationship grew between them. Their feelings were tangible.
They feared discovery. They knew what they wanted, and they were oblivious to anything else. And so they acted.
That act is stunning. Shocking. A flash of light in a dark story, and it is executed quite brilliantly.
It may sound like an end, but it came early in the story.
The knowledge of what they had done, the consequences of what they had done, were corrosive. For Th茅r猫se. For Laurent. And for their relationship.
For a while it isn鈥檛 clear where the story will go. The pair seem trapped, in lives overtaken by guilt, horror and despair. But then something snaps. A downward spiral leads to a devastating conclusion.
Zola handles all of this magnificently.
The bleak street, the house, where Th茅r猫se and her family lived and worked was described so vividly, the atmosphere was so claustrophic, it was utterly real.
And he deployed his cast 鈥� four principals, four supporting players, and a cat 鈥� so cleverly. Each was essential. Each had more than one role to play. Their story has broad strokes, and it has small details too, and they all work together beautifully.
The story is desperately dark, but it is honest and never gratuitous. And the story is paramount; everything else is there to support the story, and it is woven in so well that it is never a distraction. You could stop to observe if you chose, or you could be quite naturally swept along by events.
It鈥檚 greatest strength is its creator鈥檚 understanding of humanity. That allowed him to bring flawed, fallible, utterly real human beings to life on the page. To lay bare their hearts and souls. And to make the evolution of their lives, the extraordinary things that happen, completely understandable.
And so it was that the skill of the author, and the understanding of the author, make this book compelling, horrific, and desperately sad.
June 5, 2022
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賲賳 賵丕賯毓丕 鬲賵賯毓卮 乇賵 賳丿丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 禺賵亘 亘丕卮賴! 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻卮 丿丕卮鬲賲. 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屰� 禺蹖賱蹖 乇賵賵賳蹖 賴賲 丿丕乇賴 讴賴 丿乇爻鬲 丿乇 乇丕爻鬲丕蹖 賮囟丕 賵 賱丨賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 倬蹖卮 賲蹖乇賴.
亘賳馗乇賲 鬲丨賱蹖賱 賵 亘乇乇爻蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 夭賵賱丕 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳卮 丿丕乇賴貙 賲爻蹖乇 鬲睾蹖蹖乇丕鬲 乇賵丨蹖 賵 丿乇賵賳蹖 丕賵賳鈥屬囏� 丕夭 讴賵丿讴蹖 (讴賴 丌睾丕夭 讴賳賳丿賴 賵 毓丕賲賱 丕氐賱蹖賴) 鬲丕 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 爻乇賳賵卮鬲卮賵賳 亘賴 賯丿乇蹖 倬禺鬲賴 賵 毓賲蹖賯 鬲賵氐蹖賮 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 丨賯蹖賯鬲丕 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж� 丕爻鬲!
趩丕倬 丕賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 賴噩賲賴鈥屰� 卮丿蹖丿 賲賳鬲賯丿丕 賲賵丕噩賴賴 卮丿賴 亘胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 禺賵丿 夭賵賱丕 亘乇丕蹖 乇賮毓 丕亘賴丕賲鈥屬囏� 賵 倬丕爻禺 亘賴 賲禺丕賱賮鬲鈥屬囏� 賲賯丿賲賴鈥屫й� 亘乇 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟�. 夭賵賱丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 卮乇賵毓 乇丕賴蹖 亘乇丕蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賳 亘賴 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 賳丕鬲賵乇丕賱蹖爻賲 賵 氐丨亘鬲 丕夭 胤亘毓 丕賳爻丕賳鈥屬囏� 賲蹖丿賵賳賴貙 賳賴 賲賳卮 丕賵賳鈥屬囏�.
賲賳 賵丕賯毓丕 鬲賵賯毓卮 乇賵 賳丿丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 丕蹖賳賯丿乇 禺賵亘 亘丕卮賴! 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻卮 丿丕卮鬲賲. 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屰� 禺蹖賱蹖 乇賵賵賳蹖 賴賲 丿丕乇賴 讴賴 丿乇爻鬲 丿乇 乇丕爻鬲丕蹖 賮囟丕 賵 賱丨賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 倬蹖卮 賲蹖乇賴.
January 2, 2025
A young woman named Th茅r猫se Raquin is raised by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin, alongside her sickly cousin Camille. Th茅r猫se's life is stifling and monotonous, as she is expected to marry Camille and help run a small shop in Paris. Her existence is marked by a sense of entrapment and unfulfilled desires, which only intensify after her marriage to Camille. The couple's life in Paris is dreary, with Th茅r猫se feeling increasingly suffocated by her husband's weakness and her aunt's overbearing nature - "Living in musty shadows and dismal, oppressive silence, Th茅r猫se could see her whole life stretching out before her totally void, bringing night after night the same cold bed and morning after morning the same empty day".
Camille introduces Th茅r猫se to his childhood friend, Laurent. Unlike Camille, Laurent is robust and passionate, and Th茅r猫se is immediately drawn to him. They begin a torrid affair, driven by their mutual desire and dissatisfaction with their lives. As their relationship deepens, they become increasingly desperate to escape their oppressive circumstances. This desperation leads them to concoct a sinister plan, believing it to be their only path to freedom.
However, the plan does not bring the freedom and happiness they anticipated. Instead, Th茅r猫se and Laurent are haunted by guilt and paranoia, leading to a gradual psychological and emotional unraveling. Their relationship deteriorates as they are consumed by fear and suspicion, ultimately leading to their mutual destruction. Zola captures their descent with the line, "They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist".
A very French take on Dostoyevsky, with more sex, less pages, and a swifter flow.
Camille introduces Th茅r猫se to his childhood friend, Laurent. Unlike Camille, Laurent is robust and passionate, and Th茅r猫se is immediately drawn to him. They begin a torrid affair, driven by their mutual desire and dissatisfaction with their lives. As their relationship deepens, they become increasingly desperate to escape their oppressive circumstances. This desperation leads them to concoct a sinister plan, believing it to be their only path to freedom.
However, the plan does not bring the freedom and happiness they anticipated. Instead, Th茅r猫se and Laurent are haunted by guilt and paranoia, leading to a gradual psychological and emotional unraveling. Their relationship deteriorates as they are consumed by fear and suspicion, ultimately leading to their mutual destruction. Zola captures their descent with the line, "They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist".
A very French take on Dostoyevsky, with more sex, less pages, and a swifter flow.
April 30, 2024
This was my first time reading 脡mile Zola, and boy was it a treat! His writing in Th茅r猫se Raquin is absolutely sublime and compelling, so much so that I could hardly put this book down. The intricate development of each of the characters, from Laurent and Th茅r猫se to Camille and Madame Raquin, as well as the vivid portrayal of 19th century lower-middle class Paris, in this morbid story were exquisite. Zola, much like Dostoevsky in Crime and Punishment, takes readers down into the murky, hellish depths of the human soul in this exploration of adultery, murder and betrayal. Albeit, he uses two main characters (Laurent and Th茅r猫se) as the vehicle for this study of the dark side of human existence.
Despite the fact that I read an English translation of Th茅r猫se Raquin, which may have attenuated to some extent the full effect of Zola's literary finesse, I could find nothing lacking in his execution of this narrative. Interestingly, in the Preface to the 2nd edition of the novel, it is mentioned that Th茅r猫se Raquin received at the time of its release in the late 1860s a very harsh reception from critics. The novel was in fact considered scandalous which greatly embittered Zola, who felt passionately that his work was misunderstood by critics. More than one hundred and fifty years on Th茅r猫se Raquin has deservedly found its place among the most widely read French literature of the 19th century.
Despite the fact that I read an English translation of Th茅r猫se Raquin, which may have attenuated to some extent the full effect of Zola's literary finesse, I could find nothing lacking in his execution of this narrative. Interestingly, in the Preface to the 2nd edition of the novel, it is mentioned that Th茅r猫se Raquin received at the time of its release in the late 1860s a very harsh reception from critics. The novel was in fact considered scandalous which greatly embittered Zola, who felt passionately that his work was misunderstood by critics. More than one hundred and fifty years on Th茅r猫se Raquin has deservedly found its place among the most widely read French literature of the 19th century.
May 16, 2017
I read this book with morbid fascination, following with horror the deterioration of the sanity of the two main characters, Therese and Laurent. It's not a pleasant book to read. Quite the opposite. Zola wrote this book for men, not women. He didn't intend it to be regarded as a novel - which he considered to be for women, not men - but as an objective study of human behaviour which he likened to that of 'beasts'. Knowing this, it's easy to read it as if we are watching two laboratory rats rather than human beings. It would be unkind to rats to compare them with this horrific, debased and senselessly cruel pair, however. This isn't Zola's finest hour but it is worth reading for the experience.
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