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La bête humaine / Émile Zola ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by Roger Pearson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zola, Émile, 1840-1902, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Bête humaine. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Social conditions.
- France--Social conditions--19th century--Fiction.
- France.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (432 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The 17th book in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, this story tells of the darker side of human nature whilst society evolved in 19th century France. Zola took the developing railway and used it to allude to the contrast of 'it' and our own atavistic nature.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1996.
- Translated from the French.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191921452
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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