La Bête humaine
Author: Émile Zola
« L’essentiel de La Bête humaine, c’est l’instinct de mort dans le personnage principal, la fêlure cérébrale de Jacques Lantier, mécanicien de locomotive. Jeune homme, il pressent si bien la manière dont l’instinct de mort se déguise sous tous les appétits, l’Idée de mort sous toutes les idées fixes, la grande hérédité sous la petite, qu’il se tient à l’écart : d’abord des….Read More
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Germinal
The thirteenth novel in Émile Zola’s great Rougon-Macquart sequence, Germinal expresses outrage at the exploitation of the many by the few, but also shows humanity’s capacity for compassion and hope.Etienne… Continue Reading Posted in: Bibliography, Filmography, French Fiction Translations Into English, Literary Criticism & Theory, Victorian Literary Criticism
Nana
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