Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola

I am extending a warm welcome to the Classics Circuit tour today who are bringing us Émile Zola in spring. I opted to read Thérèse Raquin, one of Zola’s earlier novels, based on a couple of favourable reviews I read last year, most notably this one, which prompted me to purchase a copy. Published in [...]

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

I love Classic literature; I love books in translation; I love controversial novels with scandal and intrigue so when Polly of Novel Insights chose Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) by Pierra Choderlos de Laclos for the Riverside Readers to discuss, I was delighted. An eighteenth century epistolary novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses concerns two bored aristocrats [...]