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The cat becomes Camille's ghost, haunting Laurent. So, Laurent must destroy the cat, too. ;)
Right! There are so many echoes of Poe that I can hardly pinpoint all of them: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Facts in the Case if Mr. Valdemar, stories of premature burials...! I also find not a few common features with another Thérèse : Thérèse Desqueyroux, especially the silent rebellion against her mind-numbing, soul-crushing, inane marital life... Even though Zola never uses the word "soul" in the novel... Unsurprisingly, preferring to deal with "nerves" instead, as usual in the works I have read from him!
P.E. wrote: "Right! There are so many echoes of Poe that I can hardly pinpoint all of them: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Facts in the Case if Mr. Valdemar, stories of premature burials...! I also fin..."
Interesting comparisons with Poe. I also was reminded of Dickens' "Oliver Twist" where Bill Sykes dog turns on him after it witnesses Nancy's murder. Zola's setting in the Passage du Pont-Neuf is interesting, too. Thérèse Raquin seems to be "buried" there metaphorically the same way Thérèse Desqueyroux was buried in the provinces. Different times, different locations, but some similarity in themes.
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Oct 09, 2025 07:39AM
The cat becomes Camille's ghost, haunting Laurent. So, Laurent must destroy the cat, too. ;)
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Right! There are so many echoes of Poe that I can hardly pinpoint all of them: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Facts in the Case if Mr. Valdemar, stories of premature burials...! I also find not a few common features with another Thérèse : Thérèse Desqueyroux, especially the silent rebellion against her mind-numbing, soul-crushing, inane marital life... Even though Zola never uses the word "soul" in the novel... Unsurprisingly, preferring to deal with "nerves" instead, as usual in the works I have read from him!
P.E. wrote: "Right! There are so many echoes of Poe that I can hardly pinpoint all of them: The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Facts in the Case if Mr. Valdemar, stories of premature burials...! I also fin..."Interesting comparisons with Poe. I also was reminded of Dickens' "Oliver Twist" where Bill Sykes dog turns on him after it witnesses Nancy's murder. Zola's setting in the Passage du Pont-Neuf is interesting, too. Thérèse Raquin seems to be "buried" there metaphorically the same way Thérèse Desqueyroux was buried in the provinces. Different times, different locations, but some similarity in themes.
