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The main character, Jean Makar, is a poor laborer who works on the Paris railway. Through his story, the novel explores the themes of social inequality, the struggle for survival and the influence of the environment on the individual.
The novel explores the destructive forces of inheritance, passion, and violence in modern industrial society. The action takes place largely on the railroad, a symbol of speed, destiny, and inevitable doom. “Beast Man” is the first description of crime in
In deep silence, the vegetable cart was going up the deserted wide street towards Paris; the wheels rattled rhythmically and their echo struck the fronts of the houses that fell asleep on either side behind the vague lines of the elms.
