La Bete Humaine

La Bête humaine (1890), the seventeenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works. On one level a tale of murder, passion, and possession, it is also a compassionate study of individuals derailed by atavistic forces beyond their control. This new
translation captures Zola's fast-paced yet deliberately dispassionate style, while the introduction and detailed notes place the novel in its social, historical, and literary context.

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Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Zola, Emile
Published: 03/01/2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199538669
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.90d