The Monomaniac — Emile Zola

Lantier the human beast of the title has a hereditary madness and has several times in his life wanted to murder women At the beginning of the story he is an engine driver in control of his engine La Lison His relationship with La Lison is almost sexual and provides some degree of control over his mania img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img