The Beast-Man

Jacques Lantier — a railway engineer, an honest and hardworking man. But deep within his soul lies a dangerous force that he cannot control. Struggling with his own dark impulses, he becomes entangled in a chain of crimes, passions, and fateful events, where love coexists with violence, and fate leaves no chance for salvation.

«The Beast-Man» — one of the most intense and dark novels by Émile Zola, part of the famous cycle «Rougon-Macquart». Against the backdrop of swiftly moving trains, railway stations, and the industrial world of the late 19th century, unfolds a story about the nature of human instincts, the power of heredity, and the thin line between reason and the animalistic side.