The Trap
22 hrs. 15 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Émile Zola
Author
Émile Zola
Narrator
Margarita Ivanova
Narrator
Margarita Ivanova
Emile Zola, the outstanding French writer, entered world literature as the creator of the twenty-volume epic “Rougon-Macquart,” in which brilliant analysis of the modern society of the author’s day is in no way dimmed by the intensity of passions.
Publication of the novel “Germinal,” accompanied by a loud scandal, launched Zola’s fame. In an extraordinarily short time, the novel went through thirty editions. For the first time, everyday life of the inhabitants of the city suburbs—and, in particular, the main heroine, Gervaise, a washerwoman, whose long-standing dream was “to work calmly, always have bread, sleep in a clean room, raise children well, never know beatings, and die in her own bed”—was shown with ruthless truthfulness.
“Germinal” is not only the name of the tavern where the heroine’s husband indulges in nonstop drunkenness; for these people, life itself turned into a trap. And the merciless optics of Zola’s prose brilliantly demonstrates this.
Publication of the novel “Germinal,” accompanied by a loud scandal, launched Zola’s fame. In an extraordinarily short time, the novel went through thirty editions. For the first time, everyday life of the inhabitants of the city suburbs—and, in particular, the main heroine, Gervaise, a washerwoman, whose long-standing dream was “to work calmly, always have bread, sleep in a clean room, raise children well, never know beatings, and die in her own bed”—was shown with ruthless truthfulness.
“Germinal” is not only the name of the tavern where the heroine’s husband indulges in nonstop drunkenness; for these people, life itself turned into a trap. And the merciless optics of Zola’s prose brilliantly demonstrates this.
1.
The Fortune of the Rougons
(narrated by
Alexey Dyakov)
1.
The Fortune of the Rougons
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
1.
The Fortune of the Rougons
(narrated by
Elena Shemet)
2.
La Curée (The Kill)
(narrated by
Inna Sytnik)
2.
La Curée (The Kill)
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
3.
The Belly of Paris
(narrated by
Larisa Tretyakova)
3.
The Belly of Paris
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
3.
The Belly of Paris
(narrated by
Pavel Lomakin)
3.
The Belly of Paris
(narrated by
Vsevolod Kuznetsov)
4.
The Conquest of Plassans
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
5.
The Sin of Father Mouret
(narrated by
Arkady Bukhmin)
5.
The Sin of Father Mouret
(narrated by
Alina Ray)
5.
The Sin of Abbé Mouret
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
6.
His Excellency Eugene Rougon
(narrated by
Valery Tolkov)
7.
L'Assommoir
(narrated by
Veronika Oboyanka)
7.
The Trap
8.
A Love Episode
(narrated by
Oleg Martyanov)
8.
A Love Episode
(narrated by
Natalya Frolova)
9.
Nana
(narrated by
Nikolay Orlovsky)
9.
Nana
(narrated by
Natalya Pervina)
9.
Nana
(narrated by
Irina Vorobyova)
10.
Pot Luck
(narrated by
Natalya Domeretskaya)
11.
The Ladies' Paradise
(narrated by
Olga Zyuzina)
11.
The Ladies' Paradise
(narrated by
Yuliya Tarkhova)
11.
The Ladies' Paradise
(narrated by
Veronika Oboyanka)
12.
The Joy of Life
(narrated by
Yuliya Tarkhova)
12.
The Joys of Life
(narrated by
Sergey Kazakov)
13.
Germinal
(narrated by
Yury Zaborovsky)
13.
Germinal
(narrated by
Natalya Pervina)
13.
Germinal
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
13.
Germinal
(narrated by
Arkady Bukhmin)
14.
The Masterpiece
(narrated by
Tatyana Telegina)
14.
The Masterpiece
(narrated by
Olga Andreeva)
14.
The Masterpiece
(narrated by
Ivan Zabelin)
15.
Earth
(narrated by
Valery Tolkov)
16.
The Dream
(narrated by
Irina Efremova, Olga Evdokimova)
17.
The Beast Within
(narrated by
Arkady Bukhmin)
17.
The Beast Within
(narrated by
Valery Tolkov)
18.
Money
(narrated by
Yury Zaborovsky)
18.
Money
(narrated by
Yaroslav Lukashev)
18.
Money
(narrated by
Olga Andreeva)
18.
Money
(narrated by
Konstantin Dneprovsky)
19.
The Debacle
(narrated by
Ilya Akintyev)
20.
Doctor Pascal
(narrated by
Vladislav Pogiba)
La Bête humaine
(narrated by
Roman Popov)
The Dream
(narrated by
Olga Evdokimova)
