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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 in the newspaper Le ...
- Émile Zola
- Thérèse Raquin
- 1867
- Edward Vizetelly, Robin Buss
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Article History. 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.
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32,887 ratings2,724 reviews. One of Zola's most famous realist novels, Therese Raquin is a clinically observed, sinister tale of adultery and murder among the lower classes in nineteenth-century Parisian society.
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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.
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Summary. Thérèse Raquin is a novel and play by French author Émile Zola. It was published in 1867, and first performed in 1873. Many critics expressed disgust at sex-and-violence-filled plot, and England immediately banned the book.
