{"product_id":"beast-within","title":"Beast Within","description":"\u003cp\u003eHis haunting, impressionistic study of a man's slow corruption by jealousy, Emile Zola's \u003ci\u003eThe Beast Within\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLa Bete Humaine\u003c\/i\u003e) is translated from the French with an introduction and notes by Roger Whitehouse in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoubaud 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Beast Within\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Zola's most dark and violent works - a tense thriller of political corruption and a graphic exploration of the criminal mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoger 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. His principal work, \u003ci\u003eLes Rougon-Macquart\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eAu Bonheur des Dames\u003c\/i\u003e (1883), \u003ci\u003eThe Beast Within\u003c\/i\u003e (1890), \u003ci\u003eNana\u003c\/i\u003e (1880), and \u003ci\u003eThe Drinking Den \u003c\/i\u003e(1877).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Beast Within\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Zola's \u003ci\u003eThe Drinking Den\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220837093720,"sku":"9780140449631","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140449631.jpg?v=1771648225","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/beast-within","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}