Therese Raquin

Therese Raquin telis the story of a young vvoman, unhappily married to her first cousin by an overbearing aunt who may seem to be vvell-intentioned but in many ways is deeply selfish. Therese's husband, Camille, is sickly and egocentric, and when the opportunity arises, Therese enters into a turbulent and sordidly passionate affair with one of Camille's friends, Laurent.İn his preface, Zola explains that his goal in this novel was to "study temperaments and not characters" and he compares the novel to a scientific study. Because of this detached and scientific approach, Therese Raguin is considered an example of Naturalism.