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Therese Raquin

Émile Zola
fr. Thérèse Raquin · 1867
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Main Ideas

Main Ideas

  • The destructive power of passions and emotions, leading to moral degradation and physical decline
  • A portrait of late 19th-century bourgeois society, its moral values, and social contradictions
  • The conflict between personal desires and social expectations
  • An exploration of the psychology of crime and its impact on human destiny
  • The tragedy of love, ruined by circumstances and overwhelming passions
  • The principle of heredity and social environment as determinants of human behavior
  • Critique of the bourgeois lifestyle and its impact on the moral state of individuals
Therese Raquin
Date of publication: 14 May 2024
Updated: 14 July 2024
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Author: 
Émile Zola
Original title: fr. Thérèse Raquin · 1867
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