railway
Paris–Le Havre Railway
The iron road of La Bête humaine — the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Havre line, its tunnels, level crossings, and snowbound tracks. The railway in this novel is both a character and a metaphor: modernity as unstoppable force, beautiful and murderous.
La ligne ferroviaire Paris-Le Havre, décor de La Bête humaine. Le train y est à la fois personnage et métaphore de la modernité meurtrière.