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Pot Luck, Zola's most acerbic satire, describes daily life in a newly constructed block of flats in late nineteenth-century Paris. In examining the contradictions that pervade bourgeois life, Zola reveals a multitude of betrayals and depicts a veritable 'melting pot' of moral... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... Read Full Overview

Rue Neuve-Saint-Augustin, un embarras de voitures arr ta le fiacre charg de trois malles, qui amenait Octave de la gare de Lyon. Le jeune homme baissa la glace d'une porti re, malgr le froid d j vif de cette sombre apr s-midi de novembre. Il restait surpris de la brusque tomb... Read Full Overview

Comme dans les autres romans de cette s rie, il y a une visite d taill e de chaque appartement, mettant en valeur la mesquinerie et les vices plus ou moins cach s de chacun. Le h ros est Octave Mouret (d j aper u dans La Conqu te de Plassans). Il a 22 ans, est d'aspect tr s... Read Full Overview

This is a new edition of Piping Hot (Pot-Bouille): A Realistic Novel, originally published in 1887 by Vizetelly & Co., of London, England. Part of Adeptio's Unforgettable Classic Series, this is not a facsimile reprint. Obvious typographical errors have been carefully corrected... Read Full Overview

In POT BOUILLE, the well-known French novelist ?mile Zola and dramatist William Busnach combine their talents to unmask the hypocrisy that hides behind the fa?ade of a respectable and fashionable Parisian apartment house. The Josserands are struggling to make ends meet, and at... Read Full Overview

Pot-Bouille (+Biographie et Bibliographie) (6X9po Glossy Cover Finish): Pot-Bouille est un roman

Pot Luck, Zola's most acerbic satire, describes daily life in a newly constructed block of flats in late nineteenth-century Paris. In examining the contradictions that pervade bourgeois life, Zola reveals a multitude of betrayals and depicts a veritable 'melting pot' of moral... Read Full Overview

In this classic of 19th century French literature, Zola paints a vivid portrait of the complex social and economic forces at work in the Parisian bourgeoisie. Through the interwoven stories of a diverse cast of characters, he exposes the greed, hypocrisy, and moral decay of... Read Full Overview

In Pot-Bouille, Emile Zola hits back at the morality of social convention, laying bare the hypocrisy discovered by the young Octave Mouret in the course of his attempts at seduction. Evident in this is the jubilatory inclination on the part of this naturalist novelist... Read Full Overview

R impression inchang e de l' dition originale de 1882.

R impression inchang e de l' dition originale de 1882.

R SUM "Pot-Bouille" est le dixi me roman de la s rie des Rougon-Macquart d' mile Zola, un chef-d'oeuvre du naturalisme qui d voile les dessous de la bourgeoisie parisienne du XIXe si cle. L'histoire se d roule principalement dans un immeuble de rapport, symbole de l'hypocrisie... Read Full Overview

Pot-Bouille est le dixi?me volume de la c?l?bre s?rie des Rougon-Macquart. Cette oeuvre magistrale du naturaliste Zola regroupe vingt titres peignant une famille sur cinq g?n?rations, r?v?lant ses tares h?r?ditaires et l'influence qu'elle exerce sur ses membres. Octave Mouret,... Read Full Overview