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The beast within / Emile Zola ; translated with an introduction and notes by Roger Whitehouse.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780140449631 (paperback)
Name	Zola, Emile, 1840-1902 author.
Uniform title	Bête humaine. English
Title	The beast within / Emile Zola ; translated with an introduction and notes by Roger Whitehouse.
Edition	New edition / translated with an introduction and notes by Roger Whitehouse.
Published	London : Penguin, 2007.
Published	©2007
Description	liv, 405 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes	First published in French in 1890 as La Bete humaine.
Notes	Bibliography: pages [xlvi]-xlvii.
Summary	"Roubaud is consumed by a jealous rage when he discovers a sordid secret about his lovely young wife's past. The only way he can rest is by forcing her to help him murder the man involved, but there is a witness - Jacques Lantier, a fellow railway employee. Jacques, meanwhile, must contend with his own terrible impulses, for every time he sees a women he feels an overwhelming desire to kill. In the company of Roubaud's wife, Severine, he finds peace briefly, yet his feelings for her soon bring disastrous consequences."--BOOK JACKET.
Language note	Translated from the French.
Subjects	Murder -- Fiction
Subjects	Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Other Names	Whitehouse, Roger translator
Series	Penguin classics
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Murder -- Fiction . Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction . Authors: Whitehouse, Roger . Zola, Emile, 1840-1902 . Series: Penguin classics .