About “La Bête humaine”
La Bête humaine is an 1890 novel by Émile Zola, the seventeenth in his Les Rougon-Macquart series. The story centers on railway workers operating the line between Paris and Le Havre in the late 1860s. It explores their lives and intense emotions, presenting a psychological thriller. The novel has been adapted for radio, television, and film multiple times. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1890
- Latest edition
- 1999 · ISBN 9780192838148