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Thérèse Raquin (1867) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Initially serialized in L'Artiste, a popular French literary magazine, Thérèse Raquin, Zola's third novel, earned the author widespread fame and critical condemnation for its scandalous content and unsparing vision of human sexuality and violence. Thérèse Raquin effectively launched Zola's career as a leading practitioner of literary naturalism, and has since been adapted countless...
3) The vagabond
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From the author of Gigi comes this tale of 33-year-old Renée Néré, recently divorced and seeking a new life as a vaudeville performer. Maxime, a wealthy playboy, tempts her from the path of independence with the comforts of love and marriage. From the physical and psychological distance of a provincial tour, Renée reflects upon the conflicting needs of security and freedom. "The Vagabond, one of the first and best feminist novels ever written,...
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xxxvi, 286 pages : map ; 20 cm.
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Eugene wants to get on in the world. So he has come to Paris, where the streets teem with chancers, criminals, and social climbers-and everyone is out for what he can get. When he finds a place to stay at a shabby boarding house, he sees the potential to make a fortune in two beautiful, aristocratic women who visit the lonely old lodger Goriot. Could they bring Eugene the status and acceptance he craves? Nothing is as it seems in Paris, however, and...
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Panorama de narrativas volume 705
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131 pages ; 23 cm.
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"París, años sesenta. En el café Condé se reúnen poetas malditos, futuros situacionistas, y estudiantes fascinados por la bohemia parisina. Y aunque la nostalgia de aquellos años perdidos parecería ser el tema central de la novela, Modiano le da un giro sorprendente. Porque En el café de la juventud perdida es también una novela de misterio. Todos los personajes, todas las historias, confluyen en la enigmática Louki. Cuatro hombres nos cuentan...
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