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Thérèse Raquin. Thérèse Raquin [teʁɛz ʁakɛ̃] is an 1868 novel by French writer Émile Zola, first published in serial form in the literary magazine L'Artiste in 1867. It was Zola's third novel, though the first to earn wide fame. The novel's adultery and murder were considered scandalous and famously described as "putrid" in a review ...
- Émile Zola
- 1867
Jan 5, 2003 · “Thérèse Raquin” originally came out under the title of “A Love Story” in a paper called the “Artiste,” edited by that famous art critic and courtier of the Second Empire, Arsene Houssaye, author of “Les Grandes Dames,” as well as of those charming volumes “Hommes et Femmes du 18eme Siècle,” and many other works.
Thérèse Raquin is a gruesome fictional implementation of the scientific theories that influenced Zola. Allying himself with “the group of naturalist writers” (his first mention of the term ...
One of Zola’s first full-length novels, Thérèse Raquin remains one of his best-known. When he sat down to write the story of Thérèse, her acquaintances, and her descent into murder and suicide, Zola was only twenty-seven years old. In 1866, he had left his marketing job at the publishing firm Hachette in order to pursue his writing full ...
Key Facts about Thérèse Raquin. When Published: The novel was published in 1868, though it appeared in a serialized form in the magazine L’Artiste in 1867. Climax: At their wits’ end after killing Camille, Laurent and Thérèse separately decide to murder each other in the hopes of leading a more peaceful life.
expand End Matter. Thérèse Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower orders in nineteenth-century Paris. Zola's dispassionate dissection of the motivations of his characters, mere ‘human beasts’ who kill in order to satisfy their lust, is much more than an atmospheric Second Empire period-piece.
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Thérèse Raquin, on the other hand, embodied Zola’s serious ideas about the art of the novel and was his first real critical success, not merely because it was a daring story of a wife and her ...
