In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thérèse Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband’s earthy friend, Laurent. But their passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever.
Thérèse Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and brought its twenty-seven-year-old author a notoriety that followed him throughout his life. Zola’s novel is not only an uninhibited portrayal of adultery, madness, and ghostly revenge but also a devastating exploration of the darkest aspects of human existence.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length6 hrs 41 mins
Narrated byTraci Svendsgaard
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJan 1, 2006
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1
17Chapter 17
2Chapter 2
18Chapter 18
3Chapter 3
19Chapter 19
4Chapter 4
20Chapter 20
5Chapter 5
21Chapter 21
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6Chapter 6
22Chapter 22
7Chapter 7
23Chapter 23
8Chapter 8
24Chapter 24
9Chapter 9
25Chapter 25
10Chapter 10
26Chapter 26
11Chapter 11
27Chapter 27
12Chapter 12
28Chapter 28
13Chapter 13
29Chapter 29
14Chapter 14
30Chapter 30
15Chapter 15
31Chapter 31
16Chapter 16
32Chapter 32
About the author
Émile Zola
Émile Zola (1840–1902), French writer and critic, was raised in a poor family at Aix-en-Provence and at age eighteen went to Paris where he worked as a clerk and a journalist before turning to writing novels. For many years he used his fiction in the service of his passion for social reform. He published many masterworks but is perhaps most famous for his series of novels called Les Rougon-Macquart, one of the chief monuments of the French naturalist movement.View all by Émile Zola
