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His haunting, impressionistic study of a man's slow corruption by jealousy, Emile Zola's The Beast Within (La Bete Humaine) is translated from the French with an introduction and notes by Roger Whitehouse in Penguin Classics. Roubaud is consumed by a jealous rage when he discovers a sordid secret about his 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 woman he feels the overwhelming desire to kill. In the company of Roubaud's wife, Severine, he finds peace briefly, yet his feelings for her soon bring disasterous consequences. A key work in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, The Beast Within is one of Zola's most dark and violent works - a tense thriller of political corruption and a graphic exploration of the criminal mind. Roger Whitehouse's vivid translation is accompanied by an introduction discussing Zola's depiction of the railways, politics and the legal system and the influence of the studies of criminology and the Jack the Ripper murders on his novel. This edition also includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading and notes. Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. His principal work, Les Rougon-Macquart, is a panorama of mid-19th century French life, in a cycle of 20 novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years, including Au Bonheur des Dames (1883), The Beast Within (1890), Nana (1880), and The Drinking Den (1877). If you enjoyed The Beast Within, you might like Zola's The Drinking Den, also available in Penguin Classics.
- Sales Rank: #124151 in Books
- Brand: Zola, Emile/ Whitehouse, Roger (TRN)
- Published on: 2008-01-29
- Released on: 2008-01-29
- Original language: French
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.78" h x 1.06" w x 5.09" l, .76 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 464 pages
About the Author
Emile Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist and critic, the founder of the Naturalist movement in literature. Among Zola's most important works is his famous Rougon-Macquart cycle (1871-1893), which included such novels as L'Assomoir (1877), about the suffering of the Parisian working-class, Nana (1880), dealing with prostitution, and Germinal (1885). Roger Whitehouse has taught at the Sorbonne and at Bolton Institute, where he is a research fellow.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
"It must be easy to kill, then! Everybody did it!"
By Steve W.
Although I haven't read the entire Rougon-Macquart series - not even close - I think there's a good chance that this is the most violent and shocking entry in Zola's 20-book cycle. This novel (no. 17 in the series) is populated with characters who are battling violent impulses - or "the beast within" of the title. When all is said and done, it would appear that not a single person's hands are clean. Everyone contributes in some way to the destructive and inhumane deeds scattered throughout this grim tale, which is said to have inspired later writers of "noir" crime fiction.
Cavernous train stations and a desolate house located right next to the railroad tracks are among the suitably atmospheric backdrops, and the locomotives that barrel across the countryside are an extension of human beings who mindlessly destroy those in their path. Zola provides some wonderful, cutting commentary on the technological progress that railways of the day are supposed to epitomize. This, after a horrific derailment: "What did it matter that a few nameless people had come to an end beneath their wheels? The dead had been carried away, and the blood had been cleaned up. People were on the move again - towards a bright, new future!"
As the story moves along, Zola explores violence through the perspectives of multiple characters. The number of incidents do indeed pile up, but I don't want to give away the story (unlike the Penguin book jacket; more on that later). Typical for Zola, the story builds up to a terrific conclusion - in this case, one of the most exciting in all of 19th-century literature. Zola's portrayal of the corrupt and unjust legal system is also illuminating. Those familiar with this series will not be surprised that there are several amazing set pieces in "The Beast Within," including the description of a train plowing through a blizzard to get to Paris. There are a few flaws. The motives that Zola ascribes to one character's violent acts aren't entirely convincing. The drama can also be a tad over-heated and heavy-handed at times.
A note on the Penguin edition: I appreciate some of the features of Penguin paperbacks such as the new, larger font size and the helpful explanatory notes. However, I certainly don't appreciate the completely artless story summary on the back cover, which in the span of a few short sentences gives away at least four spoilers. Please, Penguin - describe plots in more general terms so that readers can discover stories for themselves.
Oh, and one more thing - while reading this book the thought will probably cross your mind that it would make a thrilling movie. In fact, several movie adaptations have been made, most notably by Jean Renoir and Fritz Lang. I haven't seen those films, but the movie posters look extremely stylish and cool!
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Movie special
By Boche
Both films made from the novel are better for today's readers. Zola wanted to shock people and he did that in the 1890s. However, he's a bit too interested in description and too determined about character for today. Still, it makes a decent read if you have a few spare days.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
"Who could fathom the shadowy mind of the beast within?"
By Z. E. Lowell
While this new translation of "La Bete Humaine" starts off a bite more melodramatic than some of Zola's other works, in the end the author succeeds in drawing the reader into a nightmarish world of infidelity, greed, abuse, murder and madness.
This is a thought-provoking work - equal in many respects to "Crime and Punishment" - although at times Zola's depiction of blood lust and violence (especially violent acts committed against women) are hard to handle. Yet, however sensationalized or gratuitous the violence and depravity seems, I hope it is obvious that this is meant to be a social commentary rather than a celebration of certain kinds of reprehensible behavior. Another possible criticism is that there are too many ideas floating around in this novel - Zola in fact formed the plot by combining two separate story ideas into one book, which I think makes it less focused than some of his other works ("Germinal" or "L'Assommoir" for example) - and the author's ideas about heredity and crime seem less believable today than perhaps they would have to contemporary readers.
Yet, these points aside, "The Beast Within" is still a fascinating read and a deeply unsettling look at the human condition.
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