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Thérèse Desqueyroux (French pronunciation: [teʁɛz dɛskɛʁu]) is a 1927 French novel by François Mauriac.
Un livre de 1927 qui raconte la vie et le crime de Thérèse, une femme qui a tenté de tuer son mari. Le roman est adapté au cinéma par Georges Franju et Claude Miller.
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In 1906, in Mauriac's home town of Bordeaux, a young woman named Blanche Canaby was put on trial for attempting to poison her husband, but found guilty only of a lesser charge. Two decades later, Mauriac used the case as inspiration for his most famous novel, Thérèse Desqueyroux. Not only that, he would return to the character in four later ...
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The story starts with Thérèse Desqueyroux acquitted for the crime, though we soon learn that she is, in fact, guilty, her husband, Bernard, having perjured himself and her father having hired an expensive lawyer, in both cases to avoid scandal and save the reputation of the family.
Thérèse Desqueyroux is a 2012 French drama film directed by Claude Miller, based on the 1927 novel of the same name by François Mauriac. The film stars Audrey Tautou and Gilles Lellouche.
Thérèse Desqueyroux study guide contains a biography of François Mauriac, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. The Thérèse Desqueyroux Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written ...
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Apr 30, 2002 · From the moment she walks from court having been charged with attempting to poison her husband, to her banishment, escape to Paris, and final years of solitude and waiting, the life of Thérèse Desqueyroux is passionate and tortured.
