Pat, thanks for this insight and info on Therese Raquin. :) I didn't know there had been any film versions.
I just discovered Zola last year, and I find elements of horror (or things that horrify me) in just about everything he writes, whether or not it's intentional. My favorite Zola is The Dram Shop, I think Gervaise is one of the best literary characters ever created. The aunt in The Earth was a great character too -- I've forgotten her name -- the woman who worked her niece to death. So far, Nana is the only Zola I haven't been entranced by -- she's just too unsympathetic for me, probably because I liked Gervaise (her mother) so much. From: "Pat LeCat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Pam, I was amused to see you mention Emile Zola's "Therese > Raquin" as 'horror', though this actually makes sense. It's just > that here in France, Zola is considered a classic, > "naturalistic" author. Unlike other french writers from the late > 1800s like Maupassant, Zola very seldomly delved into fantasy > (though I guess you could make a case for "La Faute de l'Abbe > Mouret" and "Le Reve" - sorry, don't know how those titles might > have been translated.) <snipped for digest readers> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/pkgkPB/SOnJAA/Zx0JAA/keeolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chapel_Perilous/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
