tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post8355073239777893933..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: Thérèse RaquinRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-9580149136987869112017-09-26T15:02:16.581-04:002017-09-26T15:02:16.581-04:00Ha, I don't think you'll be disappointed t...Ha, I don't think you'll be disappointed then! Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-55162858021765406652017-09-25T22:40:31.834-04:002017-09-25T22:40:31.834-04:00Page-turning luridness? Sold!Page-turning luridness? Sold!Isabella Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-41268444639384294442017-09-25T12:32:53.970-04:002017-09-25T12:32:53.970-04:00I can understand people preferring Madame Bovary t...I can understand people preferring <em>Madame Bovary</em> to <em>Thérèse Raquin</em>, Bellezza. I thought the writing was top notch in both, though, and even though Zola's aims were likely different than Flaubert's, I think <em>TR</em> can be read as something of a dialogue with the earlier model. That being said, hope you enjoy <em>Effi Briest</em>!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-20111221094264748412017-09-25T12:25:48.995-04:002017-09-25T12:25:48.995-04:00Thanks, Jacqui. It was a fun book to read/write a...Thanks, Jacqui. It was a fun book to read/write about despite or maybe because of its over the top qualities, so I'm glad I at least didn't make it sound dull or anything!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-37830864581530832262017-09-24T11:01:05.496-04:002017-09-24T11:01:05.496-04:00I read this so long ago, and was not sufficiently ...I read this so long ago, and was not sufficiently impressed to remember it beyond comparing it to the likes of Madame Bovary, the later of which is my favorite after Anna Karenina. But Zola held me fascinated while I read. Now I have to go back and reread the Preface, and, thanks to you and Tom, pick up Effi Briest. Which was on another point altogether.Bellezzahttp://dolcebellezza.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-26805742087433683772017-09-24T03:09:05.133-04:002017-09-24T03:09:05.133-04:00Love your review of this, Richard. It's been a...Love your review of this, Richard. It's been a while since I read TR, but the lurid quality of the story has stayed with me. You've succeeded in capturing something of the book here! JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220597283351925721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-4250113250655005572017-09-19T12:17:56.205-04:002017-09-19T12:17:56.205-04:00Sordid's a good word for Thérèse Raquin. Of c...Sordid's a good word for <em>Thérèse Raquin</em>. Of course, I was still riveted to the page because it's so accomplished aesthetically!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-14541337179793448022017-09-19T09:24:34.694-04:002017-09-19T09:24:34.694-04:00I read this ages ago but "doomiest" is s...I read this ages ago but "doomiest" is spot on. It's so sordid. Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-21806751683596615422017-09-18T17:52:39.468-04:002017-09-18T17:52:39.468-04:00Thanks a lot, Brian, but I must confess that I lif...Thanks a lot, Brian, but I must confess that I lifted "doomiest" from one of Tom's posts on Leonid Andreyev. That being said, the weirdness to be found in <em>Thérèse Raquin</em> is really something to behold. Quite envelope-pushing for its publication date if you ask me. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-45945781162159710212017-09-18T17:47:47.786-04:002017-09-18T17:47:47.786-04:00Zola might have had an easier time tripping me up ...Zola might have had an easier time tripping me up if I had bothered to read that preface you mention. I was in a hurry and skipped ahead to the good stuff, though. May I assume, by the way, that the preface is a <em>Flowers of Evil</em>-like defense of the morality of the tale or some such? Whatever, thanks for the reminder as I ought to go back to it and see what trickeration Zola had in store for his readers.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-6003123409129151622017-09-18T05:18:09.031-04:002017-09-18T05:18:09.031-04:00Your review are so entertaining Richard. I love th...Your review are so entertaining Richard. I love the word "doomiest". <br /><br />Such weirdness attracts me also.<br /><br />I really have to read Émile Zola. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-13086961407444148342017-09-18T02:51:13.305-04:002017-09-18T02:51:13.305-04:00What, weirdness, hallucinatory? Zola's just t...What, weirdness, hallucinatory? Zola's just telling it like it is - straight arrow reporting, drawn from life, science - he says so in the Preface. <br /><br />Amazing how many people over the century and a half have taken that Preface seriously.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com