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Therese Raquin BOTY_2025 The trauma that our strugglingIn a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont Neuf in Paris, Thrse Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husbands earthy friend Laurent, but their animal passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever. Thrse Raquin caused a scandal when it appeared in 1867 and brought its