Author(s): Zola, Émile
Reader(s): Pugh, Leighton
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: NA0493
Barcode: 9781781983553
Release Date: 01/2021

ZOLA, É.: Bête Humaine (La) (Unabridged)

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Zola, Émile - Author
Pugh, Leighton (Reader)
1La Bête Humaine10:14
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2Born in the south of France at Plassans…09:24
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3Thereupon he related in detail how he had been…09:53
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4It was true that since Berthe had married…10:01
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5At home in Le Havre when he was working nights…11:08
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6Once again the story of those years at Doinville…09:44
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7Séverine, from the bed, where she remained seated…10:28
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8At a quarter past six, the locomotive of the Le Havre…08:58
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9Chapter 209:44
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10She was burning with concealed timorous rancour…10:32
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11Jacques nodded his head to say that he agreed…10:42
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12He had to assist her to her room, where she got into…10:24
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13She had let the scissors slip away from her…10:13
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14A train again passed by with the flash of its lights…09:33
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15Jacques walked about for nearly another hour…08:22
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16Then Jacques had a desire to see the wound…07:37
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17Chapter 310:09
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18Roubaud, returning inside the station, found the gang…09:50
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19This was true. Victoire, who was two years his senior…08:56
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20At the front resided the station-master…10:24
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21It so happened that they were there…10:57
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22From this moment all accusations were out of the…08:59
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23Chapter 409:11
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24This information burst on him like a thunderbolt…09:21
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25Other members of the company's staff at Rouen…10:45
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26In this sentence the prudery of the respectable…09:08
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27She, indeed, having always been very rich…10:19
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28For the last three weeks, Jacques had been pursued…10:44
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29But Monsieur Denizet proved tenacious, for he…10:56
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30And that was all Monsieur Denizet could get…09:31
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31Chapter 510:09
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32Then, in despair, she was tormented by the desire…09:14
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33He looked at her, and saw the corners of her mouth…10:33
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34The Secretary General confined himself to shaking…10:49
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35From that moment, in her uncertainty as to his…10:23
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36A nursemaid appeared, with her baby asleep in her arms.09:34
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37Among the other locomotives at rest in the vast…08:00
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38It struck six. Jacques and Pecqueux climbed up to the…08:20
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39Chapter 609:35
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40It seemed that the same somnolence had overtaken…10:30
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41Roubaud had no remorse. He had only been afraid…09:29
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42At that same hour, in the office of the assistant…10:02
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43The canteen, in fact, was at hand, right next to…10:01
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44Séverine was also lost in reflections, happy to be…08:19
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45Jacques no longer had any doubt that he was cured…07:19
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46Little by little, the tranquillity that had settled upon…08:27
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47Chapter 710:50
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48La Lison, with this man clinging to her side…09:48
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49Jacques at once felt that the state of the line had…10:11
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50The train had been close upon an hour in distress…10:55
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51But Flore had recognised Séverine. She, who watched…10:21
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52It was Jacques who had escaped with good news.06:19
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53And sure enough, Misard entered a few seconds later.07:24
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54Flore remained standing, presenting the tall stature of…10:28
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55Chapter 810:16
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56She made no answer, being absorbed by thoughts of…10:21
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57Jacques had not moved. He lay there inert, reflecting…10:09
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58She shivered, and broke off to say, in a voice that had…11:03
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59Séverine's desire had slowly mounted as she narrated…09:23
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60But, at the sight of this white throat, he was…09:38
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61The train stopped, and went on again every few…08:15
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62Chapter 910:45
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63Weeks passed, and this money which Roubaud had…09:51
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64From that moment Séverine ceased trembling.10:44
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65This intimacy of Séverine and Philomène having…11:12
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66As the train sped merrily on its way, Mantes appeared…10:17
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67Séverine stood there listening to him with vacant eyes.11:00
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68Dawn was breaking when Jacques succeeded in…10:53
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69Jacques and Séverine, halted in their tracks…11:09
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70Chapter 1010:10
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71Assuredly this was what barred her heart.09:51
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72Ozil, with the shout of a man awakened in a house…10:16
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73Minutes slipped away, but Flore did not move.08:42
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74That morning Jacques had smiled at Séverine…09:29
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75Séverine, trampled under foot, with her hair falling…10:28
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76Then came a heartrending scene: in an upturned…09:18
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77Help came at last, after waiting a couple of hours.10:51
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78When Flore awoke, night had completely set in.08:09
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79Chapter 1109:28
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80Nevertheless, one morning, when Cabuche was there…11:34
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81In truth, Séverine, who was so slight and not at all…10:16
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82Jacques, in the fury of madness, excited by her…11:11
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83The day passed as had been arranged by Séverine…10:13
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84Séverine continued to lie still in that bed.10:34
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85Jacques was astonished. He heard the sniffing of…08:35
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86Chapter 1209:13
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87A pause followed, and all three slowly drank their…10:23
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88But when Monsieur Denizet reached this point he for…09:45
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89And it was here the examining-magistrate displayed…10:59
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90From time to time there still appeared all sorts of…08:28
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91Monsieur Denizet concluded the enquiry in less than…10:08
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92Roubaud, in the same way, kept to what the…09:52
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93On leaving the law courts, Jacques was joined by…10:26
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94The train which should have left at six o'clock was…10:57
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