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Thérèse Raquin is the daughter of a French sea-captain and an Algerian mother. After her mother's death, her father takes her to live with her aunt, Madame Raquin, and Camille, her valetudinarian son. Because her son is "so ill", Madame Raquin dotes on him to the point of spoiling him, and he is very selfish.
- Émile Zola
- 1867
Thérèse Raquin Summary. Thérèse has lived with her aunt, Madame Raquin, and cousin, Camille, since she was two years old. Her father took her to Madame Raquin shortly after her mother died. Thérèse thus grew up alongside Camille outside of Paris, where Madame Raquin owned a haberdashery. Because Camille was always sick, Madame Raquin ...
Madame Raquin Character Analysis. Madame Raquin is an old woman who has lived outside of Paris for many years. After running a haberdashery, she sells the business and saves the profits, planning to live out her old age alongside her son, Camille, and her niece, Thérèse. Madame Raquin has devoted her life to Camille, who was constantly sick ...
Thérèse is a nervous, quiet woman who grew up in the care of her aunt, Madame Raquin. She was born in Algeria, but when her mother—an Algerian woman—died, her father brought her to his native France and left her with Madame Raquin, who raised her alongside her own son, Camille. Because Camille was always sick in childhood, Madame Raquin ...
Thérèse is described as having a "nervous" temperament—she's, like, totally high-strung, man. But her sexuality and her otherwise sassy personality are strangled in the Raquin residence. This conflict between Thérès's inner and outer life is a recipe for disaster. After being paired up with the sickly Camille, of course Thérèse would ...
Thérèse Raquin, novel by Émile Zola, first published serially as Un Mariage d’amour in 1867 and published in book form with the present title in the same year. Believing that an author must simply establish his characters in their particular environment and then observe and record their actions as
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