La Bête humaine
by Émile Zola
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appears in About France.
La Bete humaine (1890), the seventeenth novel in the RougonMacquart series, is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works. On one level a tale of murder, passion, and possession, it is also a compassionate study of individuals derailed by atavistic forces beyond their control. Zola considered this his 'most finely worked' novel, and in it he po...
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appears in About France.
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