Émile Zola
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Blood, Sex and Money
- A BBC Radio 4 Serialisation of Zola's Epic Saga
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Paul McGann, Alison Steadman, Samuel West, and others
- Length: 23 hrs and 18 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 80
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Story5 out of 5 stars 79
Glenda Jackson stars in this award-winning BBC Radio series, inspired by literature's greatest ever whistleblower, Émile Zola, and his epic saga of the Rougon-Macquart family....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Glenda Jackson at her finest.
- By Pamela on 04-05-20
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Blood, Sex and Money
- A BBC Radio 4 Serialisation of Zola's Epic Saga
- Narrated by: Paul McGann, Alison Steadman, Samuel West, Anna Maxwell Martin, David Schofield, full cast, Emma Rigby, Angela Griffin, Robert Lindsay, Glenda Jackson, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Holliday Grainger, Fenella Woolgar, Georgina Campbell
- Length: 23 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 22-08-19
- Language: English
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La Bête Humaine [The Beast Within] (English Edition)
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The lives of two railwaymen on the Paris-to-Le-Havre line are fatally entwined by their love for the same woman, in this shocking account of brutal violence, greed, revenge, and repression....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Dark story with great characters
- By Anonymous User on 03-07-22
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La Bête Humaine [The Beast Within] (English Edition)
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 17
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 13-03-21
- Language: English
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L'Assommoir [The Drinking Den]
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
Brutal, gripping, and heart-wrenching, L'Assommoir (also known as The Drinking Den) chronicles the tragic downward spiral of Gervaise Macquart, a good-natured and hardworking laundress who slides into alcoholism and despair....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- By Amazon Customer on 28-09-20
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L'Assommoir [The Drinking Den]
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 7
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 19-06-19
- Language: English
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The Belly of Paris
- By: Émile Zola, Ernest Alfred Vizetelly - translator
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Although it is little known in this country, The Belly of Paris is considered one of Émile Zola’s best novels....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book badly read
- By Mr. N. J. Murphy on 06-08-16
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The Belly of Paris
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 20-10-12
- Language: English
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Au bonheur des dames
- Rougon-Macquart 11
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Évelyne Lecucq
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8
Octave Mouret, précurseur inspiré, bouleverse sa corporation comme Haussmann bouleverse la ville. Il parie tout sur les femmes, sur leurs envies et sur leur incapacité à surmonter les tentations.
Une lui résiste : Denise, incarnation de la vertu et de la générosité. Elle devient une obsession pour cet ogre.-
Au bonheur des dames
- Rougon-Macquart 11
- Narrated by: Évelyne Lecucq
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 11
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 19-06-13
- Language: French
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Germinal
- Rougon-Macquart 13
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story5 out of 5 stars 15
Étienne Lantier, mécanicien au chômage, erre sur les routes du nord de la France. Au hasard d'une rencontre, frigorifié et mort de faim, il finit par...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Une histoire tragique et remarquable
- By Amazon Customer on 09-11-23
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Germinal
- Rougon-Macquart 13
- Narrated by: Éric Herson-Macarel
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 13
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 25-01-18
- Language: French
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The Masterpiece
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Perhaps the most autobiographical of Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle of novels, The Masterpiece is a hard, bleak, and raw portrait of unrecognized artistic genius....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The obsessions of art told in poetic text.
- By Emma Jane Bridgeman on 04-09-22
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The Masterpiece
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 14
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 13-03-20
- Language: English
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Germinal
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 106
Widely regarded as Zola's masterpiece, the novel describes the working conditions of French coalminers in the 1860s in harsh and realistic terms. It is visceral, graphic, and unrelenting....
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5 out of 5 stars
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"A shuddering volcano"
- By Rachel Redford on 04-08-15
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Germinal
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 13
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 22-05-15
- Language: English
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Germinal
- Penguin Classics
- By: Émile Zola, Roger Pearson - translator
- Narrated by: Josh Dylan
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Considered by André Gide to be one of the 10 greatest novels in the French language, Germinal is a brutal depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in Northern France under the second empire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riveting story from a master story-teller
- By Jamie Barron on 22-05-21
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Germinal
- Penguin Classics
- Narrated by: Josh Dylan
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 13
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 23-04-20
- Language: English
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The Ladies' Paradise
- Au Bonheur des Dames
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
Zola’s The Ladies’ Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames, 1883) plays out in a colossal and opulent Parisian department store of the same name. Its owner, Octave Mouret, builds his innovative, upmarket women’s fashion empire....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenal social commentary. Not his best novel.
- By Tone on 18-07-23
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The Ladies' Paradise
- Au Bonheur des Dames
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 11
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 20-10-21
- Language: English
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Nana
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Nana Coupeau is a beautiful woman, able to attract men of enormous wealth with the crook of her finger. Part-time prostitute, part-time actress, she makes her debut in a mediocre operetta at the bustling Paris World’s Fair of 1867....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Emile Zola - Nana
- By L. Devine on 21-05-24
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Nana
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 9
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 21-05-18
- Language: English
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Thérèse Raquin
- By: Emile Zola
- Narrated by: Kate Winslet
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 754
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 653
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Story4 out of 5 stars 648
Once upon a time, a teenaged Kate Winslet (The Reader, Titanic, Revolutionary Road) received a gift that would leave a lasting impression: a copy of Emile Zola’s classic Thérèse Raquin....
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5 out of 5 stars
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gripping and vivid
- By Rebecca on 08-04-12
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Thérèse Raquin
- Narrated by: Kate Winslet
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-03-12
- Language: English
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La fortune des Rougon
- Les Rougon-Macquart 1
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Eric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
"Je veux vous expliquer comment une famille, un petit groupe d'êtres, se comporte dans une société, en s'épanouissant pour...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Natra
- By Amelie Tedeschi on 05-06-23
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La fortune des Rougon
- Les Rougon-Macquart 1
- Narrated by: Eric Herson-Macarel
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-12-20
- Language: French
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L’œuvre
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Marine Guez-Vernin
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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L’Œuvre est un roman d’Émile Zola publié en 1886, le quatorzième volume de la série Les Rougon-Macquart. L’ouvrage décrit le monde de l’art et des...
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L’œuvre
- Narrated by: Marine Guez-Vernin
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 29-10-24
- Language: French
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La curée
- Rougon-Macquart 2
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Pierre Prévost, Evelyne Lecucq
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
Le second empire vu sous l'angle des Rougon, archétypes de la bourgeoisie ambitieuse et parvenue.
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La curée
- Rougon-Macquart 2
- Narrated by: Pierre Prévost, Evelyne Lecucq
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 13-05-13
- Language: French
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Le ventre de Paris
- Rougon-Macquart 3
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Marc-Henri Boisse
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Sous le second empire, le bouleversement de Paris voit le quartier marchand se transformer avec l'apparition du projet Baltard...
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Le ventre de Paris
- Rougon-Macquart 3
- Narrated by: Marc-Henri Boisse
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 27-05-14
- Language: French
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La Terre
- [The Earth]
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Zola’s La Terre (The Earth) proved highly controversial on publication in 1887 and still retains the power to shock. It follows the fortunes of the Fouan family in the years leading up to the Franco-Prussian War....
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5 out of 5 stars
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AMAZING. Beautiful writing. Exquisite detail.
- By Tone on 24-02-23
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La Terre
- [The Earth]
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: Rougon-Macquart, Book 15
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 21-09-22
- Language: English
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Thérèse Raquin
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Caroline Breton
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Le Figaro du 23 janvier 1868 à propos de Thérèse Raquin : "C'est le résidu de toutes les horreurs. Le sujet est simple, le remords physique de deux amants..."
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Thérèse Raquin
- Narrated by: Caroline Breton
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 31-10-19
- Language: French
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Thérèse Raquin
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Thérèse is a half Algerian orphan, brought up in provincial France by her aunt and married off to her sickly cousin Camille. His ambition takes the three of them to Paris, where they set up home in the dank and dingy backstreets that run down to the Seine....
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Thérèse Raquin
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 16-03-22
- Language: English
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L'Assommoir
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
"L'Assommoir", septième volume de la série "Les Rougon-Macquart" publié en 1877, est considéré comme le plus grand roman d'Émile...
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L'Assommoir
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 15-11-18
- Language: French
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