La Bête Humaine

Author: Émile Zola

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February 20, 2025

Context:

Described by one host as 'one of my favourite books,' published in 1890, the same year Conrad went to the Congo. About a Parisian train driver who is a sex-crazed homicidal maniac, it illustrates the late Victorian cultural theme that evil lurks within even the most banal person — a theme central to Heart of Darkness.