In Zolas first acclaimed novel, a discontented wife plots the murder of her feeble husband to pursue a torrid affair. But her self-centered desires are thwarted when shes relentlessly haunted by the specter of her deceased spouse.

In Zolas first acclaimed novel, a discontented wife plots the murder of her feeble husband to pursue a torrid affair. But her self-centered desires are thwarted when shes relentlessly haunted by the specter of her deceased spouse.

In Zolas first acclaimed novel, a discontented wife plots the murder of her feeble husband to pursue a torrid affair. But her self-centered desires are thwarted when shes relentlessly haunted by the specter of her deceased spouse.