La Bête Humaine (Oxford World's Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (752 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199538662 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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P. Troutman said Extreme in its strengths and weaknesses. This is one of those novels that is so engrossing that you read so fast that you don't realize how bad it is until you're done. Or to put it another way, this novel suffers from a serious tension between fabulous writing and a ridiculous plot and set of characters. (The introduction begins by quoting contemporary reviews that latched onto one side or the other.)The other reviews have give. Carl W. Goss said Look-a-here, people, listen to me, you don't want to be a (French railway) bourgeoisie. This novel seems more pulp railway fiction than anything else--the sort of stuff you used to see on drugstore magazine racks back in the 1950s. In any event, Zola's novel centers around a French railway company with some seriously dysfunctional employees.Zola's railway employs (1) an engine driver who is also an potential serial killer, ("Look-a-here, people, listen to me, you don't want to be a (French railway) bourgeoisie" according to Carl W. Goss. This novel seems more pulp railway fiction than anything else--the sort of stuff you used to see on drugstore magazine racks back in the 1950s. In any event, Zola's novel centers around a French railway company with some seriously dysfunctional employees.Zola's railway employs (1) an engine driver who is also an potential serial killer, (2) a deputy station-master who is a revenge killer,. ) a deputy station-master who is a revenge killer,
Other remarkable works by Zola include Contes ? Ninon, Les Myst?res de Marseille, and Th?r?se Raquin.In addition to his literary contributions, Zola played a key role in the Dreyfus Affair of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. . After a brief period of exile in England, Zola returned to France where he died in 1902. His newspaper article J Accuse accused the highest levels of the French military and governm
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.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. 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. La Bête humaine (1890), the seventeenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a we