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The Beast Within
The Beast Within | Emile Zola
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A superb new translation of one of the most intense and explicit works of the nineteenth-century French master Émile Zola considered The Beast Within-also known as La Bête Humaine-to be his "most finely worked" novel. This new translation finally captures his fast- paced yet deliberately dispassionate style. Set at the end of the Second Empire, when French society seemed to be hurtling into the future like the new railways and locomotives it was building, The Beast Within is at once a tale of murder, passion, and possession and a compassionate study of individuals derailed by the burden of inherited evil. In it, Zola expresses the hope that human nature evolves through education but warns that the beast within continues to lurk beneath the veneer of technological progress.
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sisilia
La Bête humaine | Emile Zola
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Just started this today, and Zola served me a very descriptive DV 🥴

About 6 weeks left in 2024, and I have 6 titles left for this series. Can I do it? Can I? 🤪

Daisey That‘s a lot of Zola in 6 weeks. I tend to need a break after one of his books. Good luck! 2d
Suet624 I bet you can. 2d
Ruthiella I‘m sure you can do it if you want. But maybe don‘t rush it? Savor them. 2d
sisilia @Suet624 @Ruthiella Haha yeah, I‘m such a mood reader so let‘s see. I agree with @Daisey , too much Zola in one go is too tiring 2d
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RiaWritten
The Beast Within | Emile Zola
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Doing research for a project I can‘t talk about yet. Exciting stuff! #vague #sorry

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Kirstin
La Bête humaine | Emile Zola
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#Recommendsday When Zola sets out to write a psychological thriller, he goes all out. Tragedy level: Shakespearean Murder, lust and trains. I choo choo choose it! 🚂 🚂 #planestrainsandautomobiles #photoadaynovember16

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