As she travels home to the gloomy forests of argelouse, therese looks back over the marriage that brought her nothing but stifling darkness. The book is characterised by some unusual structural devices, including a long internal monologue which often. Buy therese desqueyroux penguin modern classics language. First published in 1927, this astonishing and daring novel has echoes of madame bovary and has recently been made into a ravishing film starring amelie actress audrey tautou more. He effectively confines her there, giving out that she suffers from a nervous complaint.
As she travels home to the gloomy forests of argelouse, therese looks back. Mauriac paints an unforgettable portrait of spiritual isolation and despair, but he also dramatizes the complex realities of forgiveness, grace, and redemption. Therese desqueyroux penguin modern classics paperback. Instead, bernard announces that she is to live at his family house, in an isolated spot in the pine forest, at argelouse. Jean also provides an intellectual opportunity for therese, which she has found very little of in argelouse. Early in the book, as therese is en route in her carriage back to argelouse, mauriac describes this natural trap.
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