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This is my fifth book by Zola, and all five---Thérèse Raquin, Germinal, L'Assommoir, The Belly of Paris, and Nana---are bleak and present a view of human nature as dark and selfish. Four of the five---Thérèse Raquin, Germinal, L'Assommoir, and Nana---are on the list of on the list of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. Thérèse Raquin may be the bleakest of the five books.
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Thérèse Raquin is taken in to raise by her aunt, and she grows up with h ...more
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Thérèse Raquin is taken in to raise by her aunt, and she grows up with h ...more
This is a great story and, of course, it is Zola. However, I felt that the writing style was very dated and did not hold up over time. It was exceptionally repetitive going over and over and over the emotions of the characters. I think at one time this extreme examination of feelings and thinking was probably fascinating but today we get it -- we don't need to hear it again and again. This does not mean it is not a great story, just that contemporary readers may be put off by the style.
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Classic literature: it takes a long time for things to happen and they are described in words from my advanced comp vocab list. Timeless.
Oct 17, 2012
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Terri
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